Also since the Song dynasty, the Zen schools changed to a Kannazen style in which masters give lectures using transcripts of Zen talks and the masters became not to display the same majesty as those in the Tang dynasty including Rinzai.
それとともに宋代以降、禅宗は看話禅（かんなぜん）という、禅語録を教材に老師が提要を講義する（提唱という）スタイルに変わり、臨済を初めとする唐代の祖師たちの威容は見られなくなった。