Hui-neng
Sixth Patriarch
638-713
| Yung-chia Hsuan-chueh 665-713 |
Ho-tse Shen-hui 686-760 Kataku School |
Ching-yuan
Hsing-ssu 660-740 First Main Line * Soto |
Nan-yueh
Haui-jang 677-744 Second Main Line *Rinzai |
Nan-Yang Hui-chung 675-775 |
* These lines were not Rinzai and Soto at this point, other lineages evolved from the Firt and Second main lines.
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