Editing Bodhidharma (section)

=== Later accounts ===

==== ''Anthology of the Patriarchal Hall'' ====
[[File:Bodhidharma Shaolinsi (cropped).JPG|thumb|upright=0.8|Bodhidharma, stone carving in [[Shaolin Temple]]]]
In the ''[[Anthology of the Patriarchal Hall]]'' (祖堂集 ''Zǔtángjí'') of 952, the elements of the traditional Bodhidharma story are in place. Bodhidharma is said to have been a disciple of [[Prajnatara|Prajñātāra]],{{sfn|Broughton|1999|p=2}} thus establishing the latter as the 27th patriarch in India. After a three-year journey, Bodhidharma reached China in 527,{{sfn|Broughton|1999|p=2}} during the Liang (as opposed to the Song in Daoxuan's text). The ''Anthology of the Patriarchal Hall'' includes Bodhidharma's encounter with [[Emperor Wu of Liang]], which was first recorded around 758 in the appendix to a text by Shenhui ({{lang|zh-hant|神會}}), a disciple of Huineng.{{sfn|McRae|2000}}

Finally, as opposed to Daoxuan's figure of "over 180 years,"{{sfn|Dumoulin|Heisig|Knitter|2005|p=88}} the ''Anthology of the Patriarchal Hall'' states that Bodhidharma died at the age of 150. He was then buried on Mount Xiong'er (熊耳山), to the west of Luoyang. However, three years after the burial, in the [[Pamir Mountains]], [[Song Yun]] ({{lang|zh|宋雲}})—an official of one of the later Wei kingdoms—encountered Bodhidharma, who claimed to be returning to India and was carrying a single sandal. Bodhidharma predicted the death of Song Yun's ruler, a prediction which was borne out upon the latter's return. Bodhidharma's tomb was then opened, and only a single sandal was found inside.

According to the ''Anthology of the Patriarchal Hall'', Bodhidharma left the Liang court in 527 and relocated to [[Mount Song]] near Luoyang and the Shaolin Monastery, where he "faced a wall for nine years, not speaking for the entire time",{{sfn|Lin|1996|p=182}} his date of death can have been no earlier than 536. Moreover, his encounter with the Wei official indicates a date of death no later than 554, three years before the fall of the [[Western Wei]].

==== Daoyuan – Transmission of the Lamp ====
Subsequent to the ''Anthology of the Patriarchal Hall'', the only dated addition to the biography of Bodhidharma is in the ''[[Transmission of the Lamp|Jingde Records of the Transmission of the Lamp]]'' (景德傳燈錄 ''Jĭngdé chuándēng lù'', published 1004 [[Common Era|CE]]), by Daoyuan ({{lang|zh|道原}}), in which it is stated that Bodhidharma's original name had been Bodhitāra but was changed by his master Prajñātāra.{{sfn|Broughton|1999|p=119}} The same account is given by the Japanese master Keizan's 13th-century work of the same title.{{sfn|Cook|2003}}