Zōngmén niāngǔ huìjí 宗門拈古彙集
Complete Collection of Sectarian-Gate Comments-on-Ancient-Cases — a forty-five-juan Qīng Chán niāngǔ (prose-commentary on classical cases) comprehensive anthology, compiled by the Línjì-lineage master Wèizhōng Jìngfú 位中淨符 (also Báiyán Wèizhōng 白巖位中). Parallel to KR6q0243 Liánzhū tōngjí but gathering niāngǔ 拈古 (prose-commentary) rather than sònggǔ 頌古 (verse-commentary).
About the work
A massive forty-five-juan Chán prose-commentary anthology, X66 n1296. Non-commentary on a single parent text; commentedTextid omitted.
Structure: for each classical Chán gōng’àn case, the text presents the case followed by successive prose-commentary responses (niān 拈 “raising-up” — brief interpretive remarks) by various Chán masters across the Sòng-Yuán-Míng-Qīng tradition. The 45-juan scope makes it one of the most comprehensive prose-commentary anthologies in the Chinese Chán canonical tradition.
Abstract
Wèizhōng Jìngfú 位中淨符: Qīng Línjì-lineage Chán master. Hào Wèizhōng 位中 (“Within-Position”), Báiyán 白巖 (“White Cliff”), Ǒu dàorén 偶道人 (“Coincidental Daoist”). Native of Lúlíng 廬陵 (Jiāngxī). Lifedates unrecorded; active late 17th to early 18th century.
Dating: notBefore c. 1660 (Jìngfú’s mature productive period); notAfter c. 1710 (compilation-horizon).
Links
- CBETA X1296
- Kanseki DB
- 淨符 DILA
- Parallel sònggǔ anthology: KR6q0243 Liánzhū tōngjí.