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Dayi Daoxin: Biography, Teachings & Overview

Dayi Daoxin (Chinese: 大毉道信; Pinyin: Dàyī Dàoxìn; Wade–Giles: Ta-i Tao-hsin; Rōmaji: Daii Dōshin), who lived from 580 to 651, was the fourth Chán Buddhist Patriarch, following Jianzhi Sengcan (Chinese: 鑑智僧璨; Pīnyīn: Jiànzhì Sēngcàn; Wade–Giles: Chien-chih Seng-ts'an; Rōmaji: Kanchi Sōsan) and preceding Daman Hongren (Chinese: 弘忍; Pinyin: Hóngrěn…

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Dayi Daoxin topic overview

The analysis highlights Biography, Teachings and Overview as prominent areas in the source structure around Dayi Daoxin.

Related topics: 28
Source areas: 3
Connected nodes: 34
Extracted relationships: 7
Concept neighborhoods: 14
Bridge connections: 34

What this topic covers Research coverage

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Biography · 15 topics

Overview · 10 topics

Teachings · 3 topics

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Key facts & relationships

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Born: 580
Died: 651 East Mountain Temple, Shuangfeng
Predecessor: Jianzhi Sengcan
Religion: Buddhism
School: Early Chan, East Mountain Teachings
Successor: Daman Hongren

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Biography

Chan Buddhism Dharma Tai Zong Hubei Province Ji'an City

Teachings

East Mountain Teachings Samadhi Seizan Yanagida

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Overview

Chinese Chinese language
Pinyin
Wade–Giles
Rōmaji Romanization of Japanese
Chán
Jianzhi Sengcan Sengcan
Pīnyīn Hànyǔ Pīnyīn
Daman Hongren
Korean romanization Revised Romanization of Korean
Dachuan Lingyin Puji Dachuan Lingyin Puji?action=edit&redlink=1

Biography

Wuxue City Wuxue
Hubei Province Hubei
Mount Lo-fu Mount Lo-fu?action=edit&redlink=1
Dharma
Zhikai Zhikai?action=edit&redlink=1
Mount Lu
Tiantai
Sanlun
Ji'an City
Jiangxi Province
Mahaprajnaparamita Sutra
Shuangfeng Shuangfeng County
Chan Buddhism
Tai Zong Emperor Taizong of Tang
Stupa

Teachings

East Mountain Teachings Northern School
Seizan Yanagida Seizan Yanagida?action=edit&redlink=1
Samadhi Samādhi (Buddhism)

Sources

Dumoulin, Heinrich Heinrich Dumoulin
ISBN ISBN (identifier)

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How Dayi Daoxin connects Entity context

The extracted context around Dayi Daoxin shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Dayi Daoxin → 580 Another extracted example is Dayi Daoxin → 651 East Mountain Temple, Shuangfeng. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

Dayi Daoxin

Top relations

Born · 1

Dayi Daoxin → 580

Died · 1

Dayi Daoxin → 651 East Mountain Temple, Shuangfeng

Predecessor · 1

Dayi Daoxin → Jianzhi Sengcan

Religion · 1

Dayi Daoxin → Buddhism

School · 1

Dayi Daoxin → Early Chan, East Mountain Teachings

Successor · 1

Dayi Daoxin → Daman Hongren

Title · 1

Dayi Daoxin → Fourth Chan Patriarch Dayi (Great Healer)

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Important terminology

daoxin chinese chan pīnyīn teachings five daoxin's wade giles sengcan early years practice meditation buddhism patriarch hongren emperor life century

Dayi Daoxin relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 7 structured relationships around Dayi Daoxin. Examples in this analysis include Dayi Daoxin → Born → 580 and Dayi Daoxin → Died → 651 East Mountain Temple, Shuangfeng. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

Subject	Predicate	Object	Confidence	Src
Dayi Daoxin	Born	580	1.00	infobox
Dayi Daoxin	Died	651 East Mountain Temple, Shuangfeng	1.00	infobox
Dayi Daoxin	Predecessor	Jianzhi Sengcan	1.00	infobox
Dayi Daoxin	Religion	Buddhism	1.00	infobox
Dayi Daoxin	School	Early Chan, East Mountain Teachings	1.00	infobox
Dayi Daoxin	Successor	Daman Hongren	1.00	infobox
Dayi Daoxin	Title	Fourth Chan Patriarch Dayi (Great Healer)	1.00	infobox

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around Dayi Daoxin bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Fourth, Hongren and Jianzhi. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

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Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For Dayi Daoxin, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Dayi Daoxin with Biography. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3

Dayi Daoxin — Biography · splits 19 ⟂ 16

Dayi Daoxin — Overview · splits 24 ⟂ 11

Dayi Daoxin — Teachings · splits 31 ⟂ 4

Dayi Daoxin — Sources · splits 32 ⟂ 3

Map overview Semantic statistics

Dayi Daoxin

Nodes35

Edges34

Triples7

Avg. degree1.94

Density0.057143

Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around Dayi Daoxin to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as Biography, Teachings & Overview, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — Dayi Daoxin · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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