Zonggao's ideology on Dhyana is not water without a source. The first advocate of Kanhua Dhyana is Xiyun in Mountain Huangbo, as well as Fayan in Mountain Wuzu later. Their theories on enlightenment are the major source of religious thought of Zonggao. As the evangelist of the Linji sect, Zonggao's thought on nature mainly originates from Yixuan in Linji, Fanghui in Yangqi and Keqin, etc. The mergence of Xiyun's thought and Yixuan's thought becomes the solid foundation of the Kanhua Dhyana by Zonggao. In ad...
