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Yuquan Shenxiu (玉泉神秀) (606?-706) (Wade–Giles: Shen-hsiu; Japanese: Jinshū) was one of the most influential Chan Buddhist masters of his day a patriarch of the East Mountain Dharma Gate (Chinese: tung-shan fa-men) — the East Mountain Teaching was given the more recent designation as the Northern School by Shenhui (670-762). Shenxiu was Dharma-heir of Hongren (弘忍) (601–674) (Wade Giles: Shih Hung-jen; Japanese: Gunin) honoured by Empress Wu Zetian (r.
