Xiangyan Zhixian
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Xiangyan Zhixian (Chinese: 香嚴智閑; pinyin: Xiāngyán Zhìxián; Wade–Giles: Hsiang-yen Chih-hsien; Japanese: Kyōgen Chikan; c. 820–898) was a Tang dynasty Chan master of the Guiyang school. A Dharma heir of Guishan Lingyou, the story of Xiangyan's enlightenment is rather famous in the Chan and Zen traditions. According to this story, he had been an accomplished scholar of Buddhist sūtras, but for many years had made very little headway in his meditation practice. One day, his master asked him what his original face was before birth, to which he could not respond. He subsequently burned his sūtras and left the monastery because he could not figure it out. One day, while working, he heard the sound of a tile striking the ground and attained enlightenment.
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