Background
He was a dharma heir of Mazu Daoyi (Wade-Giles: Ma-tsu Tao-i).
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Baizhang Huaihai
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Career
Baizhang"s students included Huangbo, Linji and Puhua. This monastery contained a monks hall, an innovation which became typical for Chán:
During periods of ascetic practice the monks would sleep on the same straw mat on which they sat in meditation and on which, according to defined ritual, they took their meals. Some believe these rules developed much later in Chan history, and are agreed by the monks Taixu and Hsu Yun.
From this text comes the well-known saying "A day without work is a day without food" (一日不做一日不食 "One day not work, one day not eat").
Baizhang"s teachings and sayings have been translated by Thomas Cleary in Sayings and Doings of Pai-Chang. The Wild fox koan is attributed to Baizhang.
