Jīngāng jīng fǎyǎn zhùshū 金剛經法眼註疏
The Diamond Sūtra: Dharma-Eye Annotated Commentary by 性起 Xìngqǐ (述)
About the work
A two-juan mid-Qīng (Qiánlóng-era) condensed Vajracchedikā commentary by Xìngqǐ Yuánfēng 性起元峯 (d. 1798), the Línjì-Yángqí abbot of the imperially-built Xītiānsì in Wǔlín. Sister-volume to the more elaborate eight-juan KR6c0087 Fǎyǎn xuánpàn shūchāo; this zhùshū version drops the xuánpàn hierarchical-outline apparatus and the chāo sub-commentary layer in favor of a cleaner zhù + shū format suitable for general circulation. Prefaced 乾隆歲次乙未中秋日 = Qiánlóng 40, mid-autumn day = 1775. notBefore / notAfter = 1775. Preserved as X25 no. 500. Catalog dynasty 清.
Abstract
The preface (No. 500-A) supplies the only substantial biographical notice of Xìngqǐ in this section. Original dharma-name Miàodé 妙德; first studied the Xiánshǒu (Huáyán) zōng under 京都懷師 (Beijing master Huái); later visited Tiāntāo Yún 天濤雲 of Jīnshān, receiving the Qìngshān xīnyìn 磬山心印 (mind-seal of the Qìngshān line, descended from 圓悟 Mìyún Yuánwù via Tiānyǐn). To avoid the bìhuì 避諱 of his uncle’s monastic name Xiānglín 香林, he changed his own dharma-style to Yuánfēng. The preface notes him as yòu ér yǐnghuì, bā suì suī yī fù xí Rú 幼而頴慧，八歲雖依父習儒 (“clever from youth; at eight, while following his father in Confucian study, was already remarkably perceptive of texts”). The body of the commentary presents the sūtra under a moderately-detailed Tiāntái-Huáyán synthetic outline, with brief annotation block under each passage; the fǎyǎn 法眼 (“dharma-eye”) title signals the awakened doctrinal vantage of the commentator.
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