Huánglián Dōngyán chánshī yǔlù 黃蓮東巖禪師語錄
Recorded Sayings of Chán Master Dōng-yán of Huáng-lián [-sì] by 機琇 (記錄), 黎元寬 (序), 文德翼 (序)
Single-juan yǔlù of Dōngyán Zhēncàn 真璨 東巖真璨 (born 1623-11-16, death year unknown — was 40 in Kāngxī yuánnián = 1662), LínjìYángqí 32nd-generation dharma-heir of Jièān Wùjìn 介菴悟進 (1612–1673), thus a co-disciple of Sāntǎ Zhǔfēng Yuánfǎ 圓法 (cf. KR6q0532). Native of Xīnānwèi 新安衛 (Huīzhōu region), lay surname Bào 鮑. Recorded by his attendant-disciple Jīxiù 機琇 jìlù. Two prefaces: one by Lí Yuánkuān 黎元寬 (Nánchāng, 1628 jìnshì, zì 博菴, sometime 浙江學使), describing himself as the master’s fǎdì 法弟 and explicitly tracing the line as 斷橋 → … → 金明介 → 東巖; and one by Wén Déyì 文德翼 (1634 jìnshì) written after a chance encounter at a wayside lodge.
Dōngyán’s principal abbacy was at Xīngyuán Huánglián [-sì] 星源黃連寺 (Wùyuán region, Jiāngxī / Huīzhōu border), entered on 順治乙未 10/1 = 1655-10-29. He had previously held Jiāhé Jīnmíng 嘉禾金明 and Huángshān Méixī 黃山梅溪 abbacies, and afterwards Qízhōu Yǎngtiān 蘄州仰天. The closing xíngshí (autobiographical narration) was delivered to his disciples at the Jiěxià 解夏 (end of summer retreat) of 順治丁酉 = 1657-08-23 — the principal source for his life. notBefore = 1655 (Huánglián entry, the earliest abbacy material in the yǔlù); notAfter ≈ 1665 (post-1661 winter Jīnmíng material, with Lí and Wén prefaces likely composed shortly after). Printed as Jiāxīng Canon J38 B413.
Contents. Single juan: two prefaces; Dōngyán chánshī Huánglián yǔlù (the bulk of shàngtáng, xiǎocān, pǔshuō); wèndá jīyuán; shūwèn (with letters to Gǔbì 古璧 and Duōyún 多雲, two co-disciples); fǎyǔ (示鏡水, 示王少湖, 示用持節); three songs gē (《山居即事》, 《樂道》, 《自省》); xiàngzàn; the closing xíngshí of 1657; and an extensive sequence of Pure-Land devotional jì of seven-character quatrains advocating Pure-Land cultivation alongside Chán practice.
Tiyao
Not applicable — Jiā-xīng-canon imprint (J38 B413).
Other points of interest
The closing jì-cycle promoting Amitābha-recitation as a “捷徑門庭” (rapid path) within a Línjì yǔlù is striking — typical of the ChánJìng dual-practice (chánjìng shuāngxiū 禪淨雙修) accommodationism of the mid-17th-century lower Yangtze. Dōngyán’s autobiographical xíngshí of 1657, occupying a substantial portion of the single-juan corpus, is one of the most circumstantial Chán autobiographical narratives of the period and an important supplementary source for the post-Mì-yún Línjì lineage map.