Zishou Miaozong (資壽妙總; 1095–1170) was a Chinese Zen master and poet.
Her grandfather Su Song (1020-1101) was a chancellor. She studied with
Zhenxie Qingliao
Zhenxie Qingliao (; ), also known as Changlu Qingliao (; ), was a Chinese Zen Buddhist monk during the Song Dynasty.
Early life
He was born in Anchang, an ancient city in what is now Sichuan Province. According to traditional biographies, he b ...
and
Dahui Zonggao
Dahui Zonggao (1089–10 August 1163) (; Wade–Giles: Ta-hui Tsung-kao; Japanese: Daie Sōkō; Vietnamese: Đại Huệ Tông Cảo) was a 12th-century Chinese Chan (Zen) master. Dahui was a student of Yuanwu Keqin (Wade–Giles: Yuan-wu K' ...
, who named her Wuzhuo ("No attachment").
This became the basis of the name by which she would later be known: Wuzhuo Daoren, "Woman of the way no attachments".
She served on order of magistrate
Zhang Anguo Zhang may refer to:
Chinese culture, etc.
* Zhang (surname) (張/张), common Chinese surname
** Zhang (surname 章), a rarer Chinese surname
* Zhang County (漳县), of Dingxi, Gansu
* Zhang River (漳河), a river flowing mainly in Henan
* ...
abbess and Zen teacher of the Ceshou nunnery.
References
Chinese Buddhist nuns
12th-century Buddhist nuns
Buddhist abbesses
1095 births
1170 deaths
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