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| | Chan history from 700 to 850 |
 | | Zongmi mentions seven different chan schools: Niutou, the Northern, the school of Lao An, two schools in Sichuan, Hongzhou (school of Nanyue Huaizhang), and Hoze, Shenhui's school of southern chan, to which Zongmi himself belonged. |
 | | For Zongmi, writing at the beginning of the ninth century, the Southern school was best represented by the Hoze school, of which he himself was the recognized leader. |
 | | More significantly for the future course of events, Zongmi speaks in some detail of a second Southern school, which he calls the Hongzhou school, established by the disciples of Mazu in Jiangxi. |
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