Tuesday, 7 January 2020

surname v. given name

when referring to zen masters, why are some addressed by their surname and others by their given name? is this a mostly western doing? or are their names being reversed for literary purposes? (i.e. Linji Yixuan v. Dajian Huineng; Huangbo Xiyun v. Tiantong Rujing)



Submitted January 08, 2020 at 05:38AM by lemongrabjester https://ift.tt/2N5pEmx

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