Nèishào Zhǒng chánshī yǔlù 內紹種禪師語錄
Recorded Sayings of Chán Master Nèi-shào Zhǒng by 種 (說), 照維 (等記)
About the work
Two-juan yǔlù of Nèishào Zhìzhǒng 種 內紹智種 (lay name and lifedates not preserved), LínjìYángqí dharma-heir of Tuìwēng Hóngchǔ 弘儲 in the Hànyuè Sānfēng sub-line, abbot at Sūzhōu Fǔlǐ Yuèzhǎng Chányuàn 蘇州甫里月掌禪院. Recorded by shìzhě Zhàowéi 照維 děng jì. Printed as Jiāxīng Canon J34 B306.
Abstract
Authorship. Per DILA A019286 and the 種 note: distinctive cross-school provenance — initially a Tiāntái-school fǎshī trained under Jízhōng fǎshī 即中法師, achieving reputed mastery of Táizōng xuánào 台宗玄奧 (Tiāntái doctrinal mysteries). Cross-conversion to Línjì Sānfēng line under Hóngchǔ at his Guóqīngsì abbacy on the jiéduàn báiyún guīlù 截斷白雲歸路 verse-exchange.
Dating. notBefore = c. 1655 (post-cross-school transmission and Yuèzhǎng abbacy entry). notAfter = c. 1675 as a conservative bound — Hóngchǔ died 1672, and Zhǒng’s yǔlù publication likely follows shortly after.
TiāntáiLínjì cross-school robe-transmission. When Zhǒng’s Tiāntái teacher Jízhōng fǎshī died, he transferred his Tiāntái lineage-robe to Zhǒng despite the cross-school issue (with the bǎichuān yìliú dōu guī dàhǎi 百川異流都歸大海 framing) — meaning Zhǒng held parallel Tiāntái and LínjìSānfēng successions. Unusual within the Sānfēng line, where most cross-school cases involve Cáodòng affiliation (cf. KR6q0468) rather than Tiāntái.
Tiyao
Not applicable — Jiā-xīng-canon imprint (J34 B306).
Translations and research
Other points of interest
- TiāntáiLínjì cross-school heir. Zhǒng’s parallel Tiāntái-doctrinal and LínjìChán authorizations make him an unusual figure within the Sānfēng line. The 1660s Guóqīngsì → Yuèzhǎngyuàn axis appears to have been a particular site of TiāntáiChán cross-pollination through Hóngchǔ’s mediation.