▁employ ing ▁grad ual ▁teach ings , ▁while ▁his ▁Southern ▁school ▁employed ▁sudden ▁teach ings : ▁ ▁The ▁term ▁" E ast ▁Mountain ▁Te aching " ▁is ▁seen ▁as ▁more ▁cult ur ally ▁and ▁histor ically ▁appropriate . ▁ ▁But ▁the ▁character ization ▁of ▁Sh en xi u ' s ▁East ▁Mountain ▁Te aching ▁as ▁grad ual ist ▁is ▁argued ▁to ▁be ▁unf ounded ▁in ▁light ▁of ▁the ▁documents ▁found ▁amongst ▁Dun hu ang ▁manuscript s ▁recovered ▁from ▁the ▁M og ao ▁C aves ▁near ▁Dun hu ang . ▁ ▁Sh en hui ' s ▁Southern ▁School ▁incorpor ated ▁Northern ▁teach ings ▁as ▁well , ▁and ▁Sh en hui ▁himself ▁admitted ly ▁saw ▁the ▁need ▁of ▁further ▁practice ▁after ▁initial ▁aw ak ening . ▁ ▁Sh en xi u ▁( 神 秀 , ▁ 6 0 6 ? - 7 0 6 ▁CE ) ▁Yu qu an ▁Sh en xi u ' s ▁prominent ▁position ▁in ▁the ▁history ▁of ▁Ch án , ▁despite ▁the ▁popular ▁narr ative , ▁is ▁recognized ▁by ▁modern ▁scholar ship : ▁ ▁Ku iken ▁( und ated : ▁p .   1 7 ) ▁in ▁discuss ing ▁a ▁Dun hu ang ▁document ▁of ▁the ▁Tang ▁mon k ▁and ▁med it ator , ▁' J ing j ue ' ▁( <0xE9> <0x9D> <0x9C> <0xE8> <0xA6> <0xBA> , ▁ 6 8 3 - ▁ca . ▁ 7 5 0 ) ▁states : ▁J ing j ue ' s ▁Record ▁introdu ces ▁Hong ren ▁of ▁Hu ang me i ▁ 黃 梅