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關南道常 Guannan Daochang (8th-9th c.)

(Rōmaji:) Kannan Dōjō

Guannan Daochang
by Andy Ferguson
In: Zen's Chinese Heritage: The Masters and Their Teachings, Wisdom Publications, p. 148.

GUANNAN DAOCHANG (n.d.) was a disciple of Baizhang Huaihai. He taught students in ancient Xiangzhou (now in Hubei Province).

 

A student asked, “What is the meaning of Bodhidharma’s coming from the west?”

Daochang held up his staff and said, “Do you understand?”

The monk said, “I don’t understand.”

Guannan hit him.

 

A monk asked, “What is the source of the great way?”

Guannan struck him.

 

Whenever the master would see a monk coming to pay respects, he would often take up his staff to strike him and chase him off. Sometimes he’d say, “You’re late,” or, “Beat Guannan’s drum.” During his time only Beixian was in harmony with him.