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The 7 pages that link to Caodong school, each with the reason it gives.

• ShikantazaNarrower topic: Its meditation tradition is the principal Chinese antecedent of Japanese shikantaza.

• DōgenRelated: Dōgen transmitted this Chinese lineage into a Japanese institutional setting.

• HuinengBroader topic: Like Linji, it developed within the Chan lineage later traced to Huineng.

• Rinzai schoolCompared with: Caodong is a major Chinese Zen lineage distinct from the Linji ancestry of Rinzai.

• SōtōNarrower topic: Sōtō inherited its lineage and many teachings from this Chinese school.

• Dongshan LiangjieBroader topic: Dongshan is traditionally named as one of this lineage’s founders.

• Yunmen WenyanCompared with: Its lineage and later practice differ from those of Yunmen’s school.