Wǔjiā yǔlù (xù) 五家語錄（序）
Prefaces for the Five-House Sayings-Records — a one-juan collection of preface-paratexts for the Míng-era expanded Wǔjiā yǔlù 五家語錄 (“Five-House Sayings-Records”) — a re-compilation extending the classical Sìjiā yǔlù (“Four-House”) tradition to include a fifth master. Compiled by the Míng lay Buddhist Guō Níngzhī 郭凝之 and the Chán monk Yuánxìn 圓信.
About the work
A one-juan paratextual collection, X69 n1326. Non-commentary; commentedTextid omitted.
The Míng-era expansion from sìjiā (four houses: Mǎzǔ, Bǎizhàng, Huángbò, Línjì) to wǔjiā (five houses — adding a fifth master or house to the classical four) was part of a broader Míng Chán-republishing project of the classical Táng masters’ yǔlù. This text preserves the paratextual framing-materials for the expanded Míng compilation.
Dating: notBefore c. 1620 (Míng Wànlì-Chóngzhēn horizon); notAfter 1644 (end of Míng).
Links
- CBETA X1326
- Kanseki DB
- Táng-era parent series: KR6q0267–KR6q0269 (Sìjiā yǔlù).