二十八祖 èr shí bā zǔ

èr shí bā zǔ phrase the twenty eight patriarchs
Domain: Buddhism 佛教
Notes: The twenty eight Indian patriarchs of the Chan tradition, as listed in the 景德傳燈錄 “Records of the Transmission of the Lamp” (FGDB '二十八祖'; Whitfield 2015, vol. 1, p. 55; T 2076, Scroll 1)