Tiānwáng Shuǐjiàn Hǎi héshàng zhù Jīnsù yǔlù 天王水鑑海和尚住金粟語錄
Record of Venerable Shuǐ-jiàn Hǎi of Tiān-wáng[-sì] during his Jīn-sù abbacy by 慧海 (說), 原澂 (等編), 原上 (等編)
About the work
Three-juan Jīn-sù-specific yǔlù of Shuǐjiàn Huìhǎi 慧海 水鑑慧海 (1626–1687, cf. 慧海 second entry and KR6q0440), covering his Hǎiyán Jīnsùshān Guǎnghuì Chánsì 金粟山廣慧禪寺 abbacy (entered 丙辰 1676 on Zhèjiāng fāntái Lǐ Shìzhēn 李士楨 patronage). This is the sixth abbacy that was added to the KR6q0440 six-assembly integrated yǔlù in 1690; the present volume KR6q0442 is the standalone Jīn-sù-block, with additional biographical appendix (行狀 行狀 + 傳 傳) preserved in juan 2. Compiled by dharma-heirs Fǎlán Yuánchéng 原澂 and Yuánshàng 原上 原上. Printed as Jiāxīng Canon J29 B232.
Abstract
Context. This volume is the Jīnsù abbacy standalone record for Huìhǎi, preserving the shàngtáng corpus from his 1676+ residence at the Mìyún ancestral seat Hǎiyán Jīnsù Guǎnghuìsì. Together with KR6q0440 (10-juan integrated 1690 edition covering all six abbacies) and KR6q0441 (6-juan 1672 five-abbacy edition), KR6q0442 completes the three-volume Huìhǎi corpus preserved in Jiāxīng Canon J29 (B230–B232). The sequential numbering of the three volumes reflects the editorial architecture: B230 = full integrated; B231 = 1672 partial; B232 = Jīn-sù-standalone supplement.
Significance of the Jīnsù abbacy. Huìhǎi’s 1676 entry at Jīnsùshān Guǎnghuìsì is historically significant as a Kāng-xī-era Mìyún Yuánwù ancestral-seat recovery. Jīnsù had been the primary abbacy of Mìyún Yuánwù in the 1630s, subsequently held by Fèiyǐn Tōngróng (cf. KR6q0403) in the 1640s, and by Bǎichī Yuán (cf. KR6q0421) 1648–1653. Huìhǎi’s 1676 tenure continues the Mìyún-ancestral-seat tradition, with the Qīng Zhèjiāng fāntái Lǐ Shìzhēn 李士楨 directly sponsoring the abbacy-entry through a formal chuánxí 傳檄 administrative directive.
Compositional history. The standalone Jīnsù cutting is likely contemporaneous with or slightly pre-dates the 1690 integrated KR6q0440 edition. notBefore = 1676 (Jīnsù entry); notAfter = 1690 (with Huìhǎi’s 1687 death as a firmer earlier limit for the cutting).
Contents by juan. (j.1) Jīnsù shàngtáng 金粟上堂 corpus; (j.2) 行狀 行狀 + 傳 傳 — the principal biographical appendix for Huìhǎi (not preserved in KR6q0440 or KR6q0441); (j.3) jì 記 + chǐdú 尺牘 + xiàngzàn 象贊 + zázhù 雾著 + zájì 雜偈 + fóshì 佛事.
Tiyao
Not applicable — this is a Jiā-xīng-canon imprint (J29 B232), not a WYG text. The juan 2 行狀 + 傳 provides the principal biographical documentation not included in the other two Huìhǎi volumes.
Translations and research
Other points of interest
- Three-volume Huìhǎi corpus architecture. The Jiāxīng Canon preservation of three sequential volumes for Huìhǎi (B230 integrated / B231 five-abbacy / B232 Jīn-sù-standalone) with the biographical appendix specifically in the last volume, is an editorially-sophisticated layered-preservation pattern. Anyone working on Huìhǎi’s biography should consult all three volumes in sequence: KR6q0442 juan 2 for the xíngzhuàng + zhuàn biographical base, then KR6q0440’s integrated view, then KR6q0441 for the 1672 intermediate.
- Lǐ Shìzhēn and Jīnsù. The 1676 imperial-administrative sponsorship of Huìhǎi’s Jīnsù entry by Lǐ Shìzhēn 李士楨 (1619–1694) is the same directive that produced the 1676 Jiāxīng Canon submission of Huìhǎi’s 10-juan yǔlù. Lǐ Shìzhēn’s dual role as abbacy-sponsor + yǔlù cutting-patron for the same master-figure in the same year is a distinctive Qīng-era Buddhist-administrative moment.