The first person to start a new field of study, school of thought, or enterprise; the original founder of a craft or art. Originally referred to the founder of a Buddhist temple on a famous mountain. Also written as [[开山祖师|開山祖師|kai1 shan1 zu3 shi1]].

an honorific for the deity Qingshui Zushi, so named because the nose of his statue is said to drop as a warning of impending disaster