Shíshuāng Chǔyuán chánshī yǔlù 石霜楚圓禪師語錄
Sayings-Record of Chán Master Shíshuāng Chǔyuán — a one-juan Northern-Sòng yǔlù of the famous Shíshuāng Chǔyuán 石霜楚圓 (987–1040), the Línjì master whose two principal dharma-heirs — Huánglóng Huìnán 黃龍慧南 (1002–1069) and Yángqí Fānghuì 楊岐方會 (992–1049) — founded the two major Línjì sub-lineages of the Sòng-Yuán period. Re-edited (chóng biān 重編) by Chǔyuán’s junior-disciple Xiǎoshī Huìnán 小師慧南 (= the same Huánglóng Huìnán, here identified as the junior disciple compiler of his master’s yǔlù).
About the work
A one-juan Northern-Sòng Chán yǔlù, X69 n1338. Non-commentary; commentedTextid omitted.
Shíshuāng Chǔyuán 石霜楚圓 (987–1040), shì Címíng 慈明 (“Compassion-Bright”): the pivotal Línjì figure of the early Northern Sòng. Through his two major dharma-heirs, the Línjì lineage split into the Huánglóng 黃龍 sub-lineage (via Huìnán) and the Yángqí 楊岐 sub-lineage (via Fānghuì). The Huánglóng line would eventually die out by the late Sòng; the Yángqí line would become the dominant continuing Línjì tradition through the Míng and Qīng. Chǔyuán’s yǔlù is thus a foundational text of later Línjì orthodoxy.
Compiler-disciple Huìnán 慧南: Huánglóng Huìnán (1002–1069), the Huánglóng sub-lineage founder. Here identified as xiǎoshī 小師 (junior-disciple) at the time of the original compilation — i.e., the compilation happened while Huìnán was still a student of Chǔyuán, placing the original compilation-date in the 1030s–1040s.
Dating: notBefore c. 1050 (compilation horizon); notAfter c. 1100 (publication horizon).
Links
- CBETA X1338
- Kanseki DB
- Lineage-descendants: the Huánglóng and Yángqí Línjì sub-lineages, which together dominate the Sòng-Yuán-Míng Línjì continuation.