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Gidō Shūshin (義堂 周信) 1325–1388) Japanese luminary of the Zen Rinzai sect was a master of poetry and prose in Chinese (Literature of the Five Mountains). Gidō’s own diary (Kuge Nikkushū (空華日工集)) relates how as a child he discovered and treasured the Zen classic Rinzairoku in his father’s library. He was born in Tosa on the island of Shikoku and began formal study of Confucian and Buddhist literature.