Zhōngnán jiāyè 終南家業
The Family Tradition of [Mount] Zhōngnán by 守一 (Shǒuyī, 述); 行枝 (Xíngzhī, 編)
About the work
A three-fascicle Southern-Sòng treatise-and-letter collection by Sìmíng Tiěwēng Shǒuyī 四明鐵翁守一 (守一, dates not preserved; resident from 1239 at Tāizhōu Rìshān 台州日山), the late-Sòng restorer of the Nánshān Vinaya school. Edited by his disciple Xíngzhī 行枝 (行枝). The title Zhōngnán jiāyè — “The Family Inheritance of Mt Zhōngnán” — designates the doctrinal heritage of Nánshān Dàoxuān 南山道宣 (596–667), whose principal seat was Mt Zhōngnán in Cháng’ān; Shǒuyī, in lineage from Rúān Liǎohóng 如庵了宏, presents himself as the heir who must “keep up the family business.” The full author signature reads Sìmíng Tiěwēng zōngshī shù / ménrén Xíngzhī biān 四明 鐵翁宗師 述／門人 行枝 編.
Structural Division
Upper fascicle: Jiàoguān cuōyào 教觀撮要 (essentials of doctrine and contemplation), Sānguān chénlù 三觀塵露 (the three contemplations: dust and dew), Dá Rìběn Réng fǎshī jiàoguān zhū wèn 答日本芿法師教觀諸問 (replies to the Japanese monk Réng [Shunjō 俊芿, 1166–1227] on matters of jiàoguān — see KR6k0256 Lǜzōng wèndá).
Middle fascicle: Chóngshòu jièwén 重受戒文 (rite for re-receiving the precepts), Jiètǐ zhèngyì zhíyán 戒體正義直言, Sìzhèng yàolùn 四諍要論 (essential discussion of the four contentions), Yīzhì géyán 衣制格言 (canonical maxims on the regulation of robes), Lùn fēnbù 論分部, Lùn sēngtǐ 論僧體, Kēshì Záxīnlùn chū sānyǒu duì wén 科釋雜心論出三有對文, Shòuyuán chóngkāi 受緣重開.
Lower fascicle: Lùn xīnyòng shuāng chífàn jié zhìzuì 論心用雙持犯結制罪, Biàn èrzhǐ bìng bājiǔ míngyì 辨二止並八九名義, Chóng shì Shìchāo chífàn piān tōngsāi wén 重釋事鈔持犯篇通塞文, Chóng dá Qīnshī jìngxiǎng wèn 重答欽師境想問, Xīrán Mèngān chífàn sì nán 㭊然夢庵持犯四難, Zhēngxiǎn dìngdào èrjiè 徵顯定道二戒, Lüè biàn zhèngyòng xiāngcóng 略辨正用相從, Lüèyì dìqī fēitǐ 略議第七非體, Biàn lüèjiào jiéfàn 辨略教結犯.
Prefaces
The jiàoguān cuōyào of fascicle 1 opens: “Wú zǔ hóng lǜ, yǐ miàoguān wéi běn” 吾祖弘律。以妙觀為本 — “Our patriarch promoted the vinaya by taking miàoguān 妙觀 (subtle contemplation) as foundation. This follows from the Vinaya itself, in which the Buddha enjoins the bhikṣu to guānniàn duì- (contemplative attention).”
Abstract
The Zhōngnán jiāyè is the principal Southern-Sòng Nánshānlǜ doctrinal compendium, written at Tāizhōu Rìshān by Shǒuyī after he settled there in 1239 (Jiāxī 3). The collection is exegetically tied to Yuánzhào 元照’s Língzhī corpus a century earlier (see KR6k0167 Sìfēn lǜ xíngshì chāo zīchí jì) but engages on the technical level of Sòng guānxīn 觀心 doctrine: the jiètǐ (precept-substance), chífàn (upholding-and-violation), and sēngtǐ (the substance of the saṅgha) treatises in the middle fascicle revisit late-Sòng controversies. The most historically significant piece is in fascicle 1: Dá Rìběn Réng fǎshī jiàoguān zhū wèn — Shǒuyī’s replies to the Japanese pilgrim-monk Shunjō Réng 俊芿 (1166–1227, founder of Sennyūji 泉涌寺 in Kyoto) on questions of jiào and guān. This is one of three Southern-Sòng Lǜzōngwèndá groupings (the others survive as KR6k0256). Composition is bracketed by Shǒuyī’s residence at Rìshān (from 1239) and a defensible upper bound for his floruit; notBefore–notAfter are accordingly set 1239–1260. Companion volume: KR6k0220 Lǜzōng huìyuán.
Translations and research
- For Shunjō Réng and Sòng-Japan Vinaya contacts: see Paul Groner, Saichō: The Establishment of the Japanese Tendai School (Honolulu, 2000) Appendix; and the Sennyūjishi documentation. The Dá Rìběn Réng fǎshī jiàoguān zhū wèn in this volume is a standard source for that history.
Other points of interest
- Together with KR6k0256 Lǜzōng wèndá, this volume constitutes the principal Southern-Sòng response-corpus to Japanese Vinaya pilgrims.
Links
- CBETA online: https://cbetaonline.dila.edu.tw/X1109
- 守一 DILA
- Kanseki DB