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*''Chinese/Japanese'': 隱元隆琦 ''(Yǐnyuán Lóngqí / Ingen Ryuuki)''

*''Chinese/Japanese'': 隱元隆琦 ''(Yǐnyuán Lóngqí / Ingen Ryuuki)''

Yǐnyuán Lóngqí, known as Ingen in Japanese, was a Ch'an ([[Zen]]) Buddhist master from China who is credited with introducing the [[Obaku|Ôbaku]] sect of Zen to Japan.

Yǐnyuán Lóngqí, known as Ingen Ryûki in Japanese, was a Ch'an ([[Zen]]) Buddhist master from China who is credited with introducing the [[Obaku|Ôbaku]] sect of Zen to Japan.

The head of the temple of Wanfu-si (J: Manpuku-ji) on Mt. Huangbo (J: Ôbaku) in [[Fujian province]], Ingen was invited by Japanese Zen monks to travel to Japan to help restore or revive the sect of [[Rinzai]] Zen in Japan, which had declined, but he did not initially take the monks up on this invitation. He did come to Japan some time later, in [[1654]], after being invited by the Kôfukuji or Nanjing temple in [[Nagasaki]] (of which the head priests and most if not all worshippers were Chinese). He and his disciples introduced a new revised ordination ceremony, and taught a more literal interpretation of Buddhist scriptures.

The head of the temple of Wanfu-si (J: Manpuku-ji) on Mt. Huangbo (J: Ôbaku) in [[Fujian province]], Ingen was invited by Japanese Zen monks to travel to Japan to help restore or revive the sect of [[Rinzai]] Zen in Japan, which had declined, but he did not initially take the monks up on this invitation. He did come to Japan some time later, in [[1654]], after being invited by the Kôfukuji or Nanjing temple in [[Nagasaki]] (of which the head priests and most if not all worshippers were Chinese). He and his disciples introduced a new revised ordination ceremony, and taught a more literal interpretation of Buddhist scriptures.