Kangan Giin (å¯Âå·Â義尹, 1217âÂÂ1300) was a disciple of Dà Âgen and the founder of the Higo school of Sà Âtà  Zen Buddhism. It has been claimed that his father was Emperor Go-Toba or Emperor Juntoku. He did much evangelization work in Kyà «shà «, where he founded Daiji-ji (大æ Â寺) in Kumamoto. Before practicing with Dà Âgen, Giin started his Buddhist path as a Tendai monk. He later abandoned that school and became a member of Daruma School under Kakuzen Ekan. Along with his fellow students Tettsà « Gikai and Gien, Giin became a student of Dà Âgen when Giin's teacher Ekan himself became a student of Dà Âgen. Dà Âgen died without giving dharma transmission to Giin, but he received it later from Dà Âgen's primary disciple, Koun Ejà Â.
Giin traveled to China after Dà Âgen's death in order to present Dà Âgen's recorded sayings, the Eihei Kà Âroku, to Chinese monks in the Caodong lineage of Tiantong Rujing, Dà Âgen's teacher. Giin asked Wuwai Yiyuan, a primary student of Rujing, to write a foreword for the collection as well as to edit it. The text became the Eihei Dà Âgen Zenji Goroku, an edited selection from Eihei Kà Âroku. After returning from China, Giin practiced at a temple called Shà Âfuku-ji in Kyushu connected to Myà Âan Eisai. Shortly thereafter, records tell us that Giin formed a relationship with a powerful samurai named Kawajiri Yasuaki who in 1269 sponsored the construction of Giin's first temple, Nyorai-ji. In 1282 Yasuaki paid for the construction of a second temple, Daiji-ji, with which Giin is now usually associated with.