During the Kamakura period (1192-1333) twenty of the twenty-four schools of the Chan (Zen) Sect in Japan belonged to the Linji Sect headed by Yany Qi.

• 在接引学僧时，对其所问不做正面回笞，只以棒打加口喝来促使对方:省悟，成语“当头棒喝”即源于此。