Hsüeh-tou Ch’ung-hsien (Jap., Setchō Jūken), 982- 1052; Chinese Ch’an (Zen) master of the Ummon school; a student and dharma successor (hassu) of Chih-men Kuang-tsu (Jap., Chimon Kōso). Hsüeh-tou, a “great grandson in dharma” of master Yun-men Wen-yen (Jap., Ummon Ben’en) was one of the last great masters of the Ummon school of Ch’an. He is known especially as the master who compiled the hundred kōans that constitute the basic material of the Pi-yen-lu, after the Wu-men-kuan the best-known collection of kōans. He also celebrated the examples of the ancient masters in praises (ju), which are among the most profound poems of Ch’an (Zen) literature. Here and there are also to be found short commentaries (jakugo) that Hsüeh-tou added to certain kōans (for example, Pi-yen-lu 18).
Source: The Encyclopedia of Eastern Philosophy and Religion: Buddhism, Hinduism, Taoism, Zen. Shambhala Publications, Inc.
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