Hānshān lǎorén mèngyóu quánjí 憨山老人夢遊全集
Complete Dream-Journey of the Old Man Hānshān (Jiāxīng Canon edition) by 德清 (撰), 福善 (錄)
About the work
Five-juan early Jiāxīng Canon 嘉興藏 edition of the fǎyǔ 法語 of Hānshān Déqīng 德清 (1546–1623), recorded by his attendant Fúshàn 福善 at the Nàluóyánkū 那羅延窟 (on the eastern slope of Láoshān 嶗山, Shāndōng — Déqīng’s Shāndōng base before his 1595 prosecution and exile) as shìzhě rìlù 侍者日錄 (“daily records by the attendant”). Jiāxīng zàng J22 no. B116. This is the partial-preview edition referenced in Qián Qiānyì’s 1660 preface to the full 52-juan Mèngyóu jí (KR6q0386) as having been the only Déqīng fǎyǔ available during the Wànlì era.
Abstract
The present 5-juan edition contains only the fǎyǔ section — dharma replies to individual questioners, a selection of which was later absorbed into juan 1–10 of the 52-juan Mèngyóu jí. Structurally and textually it is a predecessor, not an independent work. Juan 1 opens with “Reply to Grand Coordinator Zhèng Kūnyán” 答鄭崑巖中丞, one of Déqīng’s most widely reproduced teachings: beginning from the seed-proposition that “the Great Matter is inherent in every person, complete without the least deficiency” (rénrén běnjù, gègè xiànchéng, bùqiàn háofà 人人本具，各各現成，不欠毫髮), moving through the doctrine that “cultivation” is only the clearing of habit-dust from the mind-mirror, and concluding with practical guidance on huàtóu practice. Further entries reply to named officials, literati, monks, and lay patrons — in characteristically clear, direct Wànlì prose that became the stylistic model for late-Míng Buddhist letter-writing.
Relation to KR6q0386. The 52-juan Qián Qiānyì / Máo Jìn edition of 1660 (Mèngyóu jí) is the full redaction; the present 5-juan Quánjí is the earlier, partial Jiāxīng printing. The partial-vs-full distinction is documented in Qián’s preface: “the Jiāxīng Canon’s plates printed only five juan of fǎyǔ” (嘉興藏函止刻法語五卷).
Dating. The fǎyǔ were composed and dictated across Déqīng’s teaching career, c. 1571 (earliest datable) through the years just before his death in 1623. The notBefore 1571 / notAfter 1630 bracket covers composition plus Jiāxīng Canon printing (the Jiāxīng Canon was being printed in batches from c. 1589 into the early Qing; B116 is among the later printings).
Translations and research
See the parallel KR6q0386 entry for the full bibliography. English-language selections from the fǎ-yǔ section appear in Charles Luk, Practical Buddhism (1971), and Sung-peng Hsu, A Buddhist Leader in Ming China (Penn State, 1979).