七祖

(1) The seven founders of the [lang id =1028]華嚴 Huayan School, whose names are given as [lang id =1028]馬鳴 Aśvaghoṣa, [lang id =1028]龍樹 Nāgārjuna [lang id =1028]杜順 (i.e. [lang id =1028]法順) , Zhiyan [lang id =1028]智儼, Fazang [lang id =1028]法藏, Chengguan [lang id =1028]澄觀 and Zongmi [lang id =1028]宗密;

(2) the seven founders of the [lang id =1028]禪Chan School, i.e. [lang id =1028]達磨 or [lang id =1028]菩提達磨 Bodhidharma, Huike [lang id =1028]慧可, Sengcan [lang id =1028]僧璨, Daoxin [lang id =1028]道信, Hongren [lang id =1028]弘忍, Huineng [lang id =1028]慧能 and Heze [lang id =1028]荷澤 (or Shenhui [lang id =1028]神曾);

(3) The seven founders of the [lang id =1028]淨土 Pure Land School, i.e. Nagarjuna, [lang id =1028]世親 Vasubandhu, Tanluan [lang id =1028]曇鸞, Daochuo [lang id =1028]道綽, Shandao [lang id =1028]善導, Yuanxin [lang id =1028]源信 and Yuankong [lang id =1028]源空 (or Faran [lang id =1028]法然), whose teaching is contained in the <Qizushengjiao> [lang id =1028]七祖聖教.