Xianzi (Chinese: 蜆子), or Kensu in Japanese, also known as the Shrimp Eater, was a semi-historical Chan/Zen monk, considered to be one of the “scattered sages,” who were deviant or otherwise unusual figures within the Chan tradition. Infamous for his iconoclastic breaking of the taboo on eating meat set forth in the Vinaya Code of monastic rules, the Shrimp Eater appears in several traditional Zen paintings as both a comedic figure that underscores the Zen tradition of humor, as well as an eccentric, enlightened individual.
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| - Xianzi (Chinese: 蜆子), or Kensu in Japanese, also known as the Shrimp Eater, was a semi-historical Chan/Zen monk, considered to be one of the “scattered sages,” who were deviant or otherwise unusual figures within the Chan tradition. Infamous for his iconoclastic breaking of the taboo on eating meat set forth in the Vinaya Code of monastic rules, the Shrimp Eater appears in several traditional Zen paintings as both a comedic figure that underscores the Zen tradition of humor, as well as an eccentric, enlightened individual. (en)
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| - An enlightened one like you – is there another? (en)
- Cold or hot, just one plain robe is enough. (en)
- Every day, carrying nets you accompany fishermen (en)
- He comes face to face with this troublesome taboo (en)
- If the offering tray from the altar for the gods is missing, (en)
- Picking up his net at random and dragging it through the mud, (en)
- It is because in the end he never cast off the handiwork of demons (en)
- Wading across the water, illicit goods emerge before him (en)
- Zen believers say the origin [of all things] is emptiness (en)
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| - Xianzi (Chinese: 蜆子), or Kensu in Japanese, also known as the Shrimp Eater, was a semi-historical Chan/Zen monk, considered to be one of the “scattered sages,” who were deviant or otherwise unusual figures within the Chan tradition. Infamous for his iconoclastic breaking of the taboo on eating meat set forth in the Vinaya Code of monastic rules, the Shrimp Eater appears in several traditional Zen paintings as both a comedic figure that underscores the Zen tradition of humor, as well as an eccentric, enlightened individual. (en)
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