Shen-hui (670-762)
Founder of the Southern Chan School of Buddhism and a disciple of Huineng.
(The Southern School claimed to that enlightenment occurs suddenly, accusing the Northern School of “gradualism”.)
http://home.att.net/~sotozen/html/chanhist700.html
http://www.dharmaweb.org/index.php/Shen-Hsiu_and_ The_Northern_School_of_Chinese_Ch'an
http://buddhism.about.com/od/zen/a/Zen5.htm
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