Xīyán Liǎohuì chánshī yǔlù 西巖了慧禪師語錄
Sayings-Record of Chán Master Xīyán Liǎohuì — a two-juan late-Southern-Sòng yǔlù of Xīyán Liǎohuì 了慧 西巖了慧 (1198 – Jǐngdìng 3.3.22 / 19 April 1262, shì 65), dharma-heir of 師範 Wújùn Shīfàn. Compiled by five ménrén shìzhě 門人侍者.
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Two-juan yǔlù in Xuzangjing X70 n1391. Preface by Huáihǎi Yuánzhào 淮海元肇 (then abbot of Yùwángshān) dated Jǐngdìng guǐhài mid-spring (early 1263). Five abbacy records: Píngjiāng Dìnghuì 定慧, Wēnzhōu Yànshān Néngrén 鴈山能仁, Jiāngzhōu Dōnglín 東林, Qìngyuán Tàibáimíngshān Tiāntóng Jǐngdé 太白名山天童景德, and Ruìyánshān Kāishàn 瑞巖開善. Followed in juan 2 by fǎyǔ, báyǔ, jìsòng, zàn fózǔ, zìzàn, xiǎo fóshì, and the xíngzhuàng.
Abstract
Per DILA A009257 and the xíng-zhuàng: Liǎo-huì (hào Xī-yán 西巖 “Western Cliff”), surname Luó 羅, native of Péng-chí 蓬池 in Péng-zhōu 蓬州 (Shǔ). Tonsured at nineteen by Zǔ-dēng 祖燈 of Ān-guó-sì on Yù-zhǎng-shān; studied briefly the Prajñāpāramitā niàn-fó sān-mèi (not to his taste), then the xìng-zōng sūtra scholarship at Chéngdū. He eventually trained across a striking range of masters: Huài-ān Zhào 壞菴照 at Zhāo-jué, Zhè-wēng Rú-yǎn 浙翁如琰, Gāo-yuán Zǔ-quán 高原祖泉, Wújùn Shīfàn 無準師範 (his transmission-master), Shí-tián Fǎ-xūn 石田法薰, and Miào-fēng Zhī-shàn 妙峰之善. Five successive abbacies, ending at Tiān-tóng, after which he retired to the Huàn-zhì-ān 幻智庵; died at 65 with 47 summer-retreats to his credit. Principal dharma-heirs: Dōng-yán Jìng-rì 東巖淨日 and Yuè-jiàn Wén-míng 月磵文明 (author of KR6q0325).
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