三塔主峰禪師語錄

Sāntǎ Zhǔfēng chánshī yǔlù 三塔主峰禪師語錄

Recorded Sayings of Chán Master Zhǔ-fēng of Sān-tǎ [-sì] by 覺海 (錄), 譚貞默 (等請啟)

Single-juan yǔlù of Zhǔfēng Yuánfǎ 圓法 主峰圓法 (death 1669, birth year unknown), LínjìYángqí 32nd-generation dharma-heir of Jièān Wùjìn 介菴悟進 (1612–1673). A descendant of the Yìngtiān Mù Guógōng 應天沐國公 line — the family of Mù Yīng 沐英 (1344–1392), Míng-dynasty marquises of Yúnnán — and a former lángjiāng 郎將 military officer before tonsure. Recorded by his attendant Juéhǎi 覺海 shìzhě.

The yǔlù opens with the qǐngqǐ (invitation petition) of the Jiāxīngfǔ gentry — the lead signers being Tán Zhēnmò 譚貞默 (Chóngzhēn 1628 jìnshì, retired Qīng-era 國子監司業兼祭酒), Cáo Róng 曹溶 (1613–1685, the well-known scholar-poet), Zhāng Jìnzhēng 張晉徵, Wú Zhù 吳鑄, Wāng Tǐng 汪挺, Zhāng Tiānzhí 張天植, Fàn Zhōu 范周, Zhuāng Lín 莊鏻, Zhū Màoshí 朱茂時, Xǔ Zōnghún 許宗渾, Qián Jiāng 錢江, and Hé Yuányīng 何元英 — soliciting Zhǔfēng to take the abbacy of the war-damaged Sāntǎ Jǐngdé chánsì 三塔景德禪寺 (also called Lóngyuān 龍淵 in the petition’s geographic poetry, alluding to its location at the confluence of the Yuānyānghú 鴛鴯湖). The petition stresses proximity to Jīnmíng 金明 (the abbacy of his teacher Jièān Wùjìn) — “金明老人之庭咫尺相近”.

Zhǔfēng entered Sāntǎ on 癸卯二月十二日 = 1663-03-20 and held the seat until his death in 1669. notBefore = 1663 (Sāntǎ entry); notAfter = 1669 (death). Printed as Jiāxīng Canon J38 B412.

Contents. Single juan: lay-gentry qǐngqǐ (joined by Cáo Róng et al.); shàngtáng, xiǎocān, pǔshuō, shìzhòng, fóshì, and a long section of jīyuán (occasion-poems exchanged with co-disciples 樗菴, 牧山, 素穎, 形外, etc., and lay friends 約菴施, 牧公項, 蓮齋周, 仰泉劉).

Tiyao

Not applicable — Jiā-xīng-canon imprint (J38 B412).

Other points of interest

The yǔlù offers a vivid portrait of the CáodòngLínjì lay-monastic culture of mid-17th-century Jiāxīng, dominated by an interlocking network of yímín and former Míng officials. Cáo Róng — better known as a poet and book-collector (家有「靜惕堂」藏書, 1613–1685) — co-signing the qǐngqǐ alongside the more devout Tán Zhēnmò is significant: it indicates that Sāntǎsì was a focal point for the wider Jiāxīng cultural elite, not merely a strictly Buddhist circle. The petition’s reference to “Jīnmíng 金明 just nearby” places Zhǔfēng within a tightly clustered LínjìYángqí lineage geography centered on the Yuānyānghú 鴛湖.

Links

• CBETA
• DILA authority: A016267 (圓法), A037572 (覺海), A037518 (譚貞默)
• Dharma-teacher: Jièān Wùjìn 介菴悟進 (DILA A010710)
• Sole disciple: Huáiān Xīnzōng Chéngrán 淮安心宗誠然 (DILA A041874)