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We have already noted that images of Bodhidharma, Liu Tsu and the Taoist Chiu Ch'ang-ch'un have been seen individually in Chinese temples, revered in their own right; however, the images of the four other Patriarchs of Eastern Buddhism and the six other Taoist True Ones have only been seen as described in Chonburi and at the base of Hua Shan.
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1 Note that there were two Sixth Patriarchs of Ch'an. One was Shen Hsiu (f), the Northern Patriarch and the other Hui Neng, the Southern Patriarch. Both were disciples of Hung Jen. Note also that (2) and (3) are interchangeable.
The Sixth Patriarch's full title is Nan-tsung hia Ta Chien Ch'an-shih.
1 Literally 'the sect of Complete Reality'.
The group is also known as Pei-tsung Ch'i Chen-jen, and the Sect as The School of Seven.
5 Elsewhere it is claimed that he was born in AD 1148 and died in 1227.