Dōushuài Bùlín Jiān chánshī yǔlù 兜率不磷堅禪師語錄
Recorded Sayings of Chán Master Bù-lín Jiān of Dōu-shuài by 宗堅 (說), 妙聖 (等記)
About the work
Three-juan yǔlù of Bùlín Zōngjiān 宗堅 不磷宗堅, LínjìYángqí dharma-heir of Yězhú Fúhuì 福慧 in the Pòshān → Zìshuǐ Yuánliáo → Shānhuī Bì → Yězhú → Bùlín SìchuānYúnnán sub-line. Compiled by fǎsì Miàoshèng 妙聖 děng. Front-preface by lay scholar Qián Guāngxiù Shèngyuè 錢光繡聖月 zhéān yěsǒu of Yín 鄞 (Níngbō), dated 康熙癸丑除夕前三日 ≈ 1674-02-01 Gregorian. Printed as Jiāxīng Canon J33 B285. Title-form references his Lùnánzhōu Dōushuài Chányuàn 路南州兜率禪院 (Yúnnán) abbacy. Contents: xù; shàng-juan shàngtáng; zhōng-juan xiǎocān / jīyuán; xià-juan fǎyǔ / jì.
Abstract
Authorship. Per the 宗堅 note and the Qián Guāngxiù preface: native of Qíyáng 蘄陽 (Húběi); ministry in Yúnnán’s Nánzhào 南詔 region. Eventually succeeded Yězhú Fúhuì at the Yúnnánfǔ Sōngshān 雲南府嵩山 seat (jì xí Sōngshān 繼席嵩山) — the senior Yúnnán Pòshān-line abbacy.
Dating. notBefore = 1665 (conservative bound corresponding to the 1665 cutoff of Fúhuì’s qiánlù KR6q0438 and the start of Bùlín’s documented preaching career as Fúhuì’s heir). notAfter = 1674 (Qián Guāngxiù preface). The volume covers the Lùnán Dōushuài abbacy (the Yúnnán Lùnánzhōu seat from which the title derives) and post-Fú-huì succession at Sōngshān.
Lineage. Pòshān Hǎimíng → Zìshuǐ Yuánliáo → Shānhuī Bì 山暉璧 → Yězhú Fúhuì → Bùlín Zōngjiān. The Qián Guāngxiù preface emphasizes Bùlín’s claim to the broader SòngMíng Línjì pedigree: fù Yángqí ér zǔ Shíshuāng 父楊岐而祖石霜 (his “father” is Yángqí, his “grandfather” Shíshuāng) — invoking the two seminal Línjì-school figures Yángqí Fānghuì 楊岐方會 (992–1049) and Shíshuāng Chǔyuán 石霜楚圓 (986–1039) at the foundation of the Yángqí branch.
Wú Sān-guì-period frontier ministry. Bùlín’s documented Yúnnán ministry coincides exactly with the Wú Sānguì 吳三桂 Píngxī Wáng administration in Yúnnán (1660–73), making the volume a witness to the late-1660s and early-1670s Yúnnán Chán mission-network on the eve of the 1673 Three-Feudatories rebellion outbreak. Qián’s preface, dated just one day before the lunar new year of 甲寅 = 1674, was composed in the immediate aftermath of the rebellion’s outbreak (1673/11) — making it one of very few Yún-nán-related prefaces composed during the early phase of the war.
Tiyao
Not applicable — Jiā-xīng-canon imprint (J33 B285).
Translations and research
- See KR6q0438 (Yě-zhú Fú-huì qián-lù) and KR6q0466 (Yě-zhú hòu-lù) for the broader Pòshān-line Yún-nán mission-context.
Other points of interest
- Three-Feudatories-era Yúnnán Chán. This and KR6q0466 together preserve some of the most detailed Chán yǔlù documentation of Yúnnán Chán ministry under the 1660s–70s Wú Sānguì regime, on either side of the 1673 rebellion outbreak.