Rinzai

Japanese: 臨済 - りんざい

[1][１] A Chinese monk from the Tang Dynasty. The founder of the Rinzai sect. His given name was Gigen and his imperial posthumous name was Eisho Zenji. He was so named because he lived in the Rinzai Temple in Zhenzhou (Hebei Province). He was from the southern part of Caozhou (Shandong Province ). He followed the teachings of Obaku Kiyun, and his teachings were so rigorous and bold that he was called "the spirit of Rinzai and the pole of the virtuous mountain." The collection of his teachings is called the Rinzairoku. He died in 867. [２] One of the seven types of tea bowls made by Raku Chōjirō. Akaraku. Currently lost. [2] [Name] An abbreviation of "Rinzaishū (Rinzai sect)." *From "Kōzen Gokokuron" (1198), "Rinzai is now at its peak."

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Japanese:

[1][一] 中国、唐代の僧。臨済宗の祖。諱は義玄、勅諡は慧照禅師。鎮州（河北省）臨済院に住んでいたところからの名。曹州南華（山東省）の人。黄檗(おうばく)希運の法をつぎ、その教育は峻烈豪放で「臨済の喝(かつ)徳山の棒」と称された。法語の集録を臨済録という。八六七年没。[二] 楽長次郎作の七種の茶碗の一つ。赤楽。現在は紛失。[2] 〘名〙「りんざいしゅう（臨済宗）」の略。※興禅護国論（1198）中「今最盛是臨済也」

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