Linji school

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The Linji school (Chinese: 臨濟宗; pinyin: Línjì zōng) is a school of Chan Buddhism named after Linji Yixuan (d. 866). It took prominence in Song China (960–1279), spread to Japan as the Rinzai school and influenced the nine mountain schools of Korean Seon.

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Image: 曾我蛇足 Soga Jasoku (fl. c. 1300), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.