Línquán lǎorén píngchàng Tóuzǐ Qīng héshàng sònggǔ Kōnggǔ jí 林泉老人評唱投子青和尚頌古空谷集
Old-Man Línquán’s Evaluation-Singing on Master Tóuzǐ Qīng’s Sònggǔ: Empty-Valley Collection — a six-juan Chán commentary with dual-authorial structure: Sòng-era sònggǔ 頌古 verses by Tóuzǐ Yìqīng 投子義青 (1032–1083) of the Cáodòng lineage, with Yuán-era píngchàng 評唱 (“evaluation-singing” commentary) by Línquán Cónglún 林泉從倫 (b. 1223, hào Línquán lǎorén 林泉老人 “Old Man of the Forest-Spring”). The Yuán-era commentary gives the text its present title. Parallel structure to the Bìyán lù (Kèqín on Xuědòu) and Cóngróng lù (Wànsōng on Hóngzhì) — the great Sòng-Yuán Chán píngchàng tradition.
About the work
A six-juan Cáodòng Chán sònggǔ / píngchàng collaborative commentary, X67 n1303. Non-commentary on a single parent Buddhist text; commentedTextid omitted.
Yìqīng’s 100 sònggǔ verses on classical gōng’àn cases circulated in the Cáodòng tradition from the late 11th century onward. Cónglún’s Yuán-era píngchàng commentary — adding running-expository commentary to each case-and-verse — brings the material into the mature Yuán-Cáodòng lineage-teaching form.
Abstract
Tóuzǐ Yìqīng 投子義青 (1032–1083/5/29; age 52, per his yǔlù juan 2 biographical record). Major Northern-Sòng Cáodòng-lineage master. Shì Cíjì 慈濟, Miàoxù dàshī 妙續大師. Native of Shūzhōu 舒州 (Ānhuī); nicknamed “Qīng Huáyán” 青華嚴 (“Qīng the Huáyán Specialist”). Dharma-heir of Dàyáng Jǐngxuán 大陽景玄 in the Cáodòng line; abbot of Tóuzǐshān 投子山 in his native Shūzhōu.
Línquán Cónglún 林泉從倫 (b. 1223): Yuán Cáodòng-lineage master. Hào Línquán 林泉 (“Forest-Spring”), Línquán lǎorén 林泉老人. Also called Bàoēn Cónglún 報恩從倫.
Dating: notBefore c. 1060 (Yìqīng’s original composition of the sònggǔ); notAfter c. 1290 (Cónglún’s productive period for the píngchàng — the received form reflects the Yuán Cónglún commentary’s completion).
Links
- CBETA X1303
- Kanseki DB
- 義青 DILA
- 從倫 DILA
- Parallel Yuán Cáodòng píngchàng: the Cóngróng lù 從容錄 (Wànsōng Xíngxiù on Hóngzhì; KR6q0114).
- Parallel Sòng Línjì píngchàng: the Bìyán lù (Kèqín on Xuědòu; KR6q0112).