Linji school
School of Chan Buddhism named after Linji Yixuan / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about a Zen school in China. For the same school in Japan, see Rinzai school.
The Línjì school (Chinese: 臨濟宗; pinyin: Línjǐ 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.