Yī guàn bié chuán 一貫別傳
Separate Transmission of the One Thread
A five-juan late-Míng Chán-Confucian integrative treatise by Chuīwàn Guǎngzhēn 吹萬廣真 (1582–1639), the Sichuan Chán master who founded the Jùyún 聚雲 Línjì-Yángqí sub-lineage. The title Yī guàn 一貫 (“one thread that runs through”) invokes the famous Lún yǔ 論語 phrase (wú dào yī yǐ guàn zhī 吾道一以貫之, “My Way has one thread that runs through it”), Confucius’s statement of the underlying unity of his teaching. Guǎngzhēn’s five-juan exposition applies this Confucian framework to the Chán “separate transmission” (bié chuán 別傳) doctrine, arguing for the deep unity of Confucian and Chán teachings.
About the work
A five-juan Chán-Confucian integrative treatise, J40 B480. Non-commentary; commentedTextid omitted.
Note: the catalog classifies the dynasty as 清 (Qīng) but Guǎngzhēn’s death in 1639 places him in the Míng. This is a catalog-error; the text is of Míng provenance.
Abstract
Chuīwàn Guǎngzhēn 吹萬廣真 (1582–1639/8/28; age 58). Hào Chuīwàn 吹萬 (“Blowing the Ten-Thousand”); also Jùyún Guǎngzhēn 聚雲廣真 (for his Jùyúnsì 聚雲寺 abbacy). Sichuan Línjì-Yángqí master; founder of the Jùyúnpài 聚雲派 sub-lineage, a distinctive Sichuan Chán tradition that flourished through the Míng-Qīng transition.
Dating: notBefore c. 1620 (Guǎngzhēn’s mature productive period); notAfter 1639 (his death).
Translations and research
- No substantial Western-language monographic study located specifically on J40 B480.
- Sichuan Chán regional studies provide general context.
Links
- CBETA J40nB480
- Kanseki DB
- Jùyúnpài sub-lineage: Guǎngzhēn’s founding contribution to Sichuan Chán.