“Nanten” is a tree called “nandin.” He carved a staff out of a nandin tree and carried it around as his tool of teaching. His religious name is Zenchū 全中. When Raichō proved her understanding, he gave her the Buddhist name of Zenmyō 全明, taking a character from his name,...
11) has also noted how the Chan jing is mentioned in Utsuho monogatari 宇津保物語 (Tale of the hollow tree), which is one of the earliest surviving monogatari and probably written in the second half of the tenth century, in a scene in which it is consulted by one of the characters to...