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Danxia Zichun (1064-1117) (Chinese: 丹霞子淳; Wade–Giles: Tan-hsia Tzu-ch’un; Japanese: Tanka Shijun) was a Zen Buddhist monk during the Song Dynasty. He was born in a city called Zitong which is in modern Sichuan Province. He is buried in south of Mt Hong near the modern city of Wuhan. While not a particularly notable monk himself his three students Hongzhi Zhengjue Zhenxie Qingliao Huizhao Qingyu were each especially famous during their lifetimes.