Chúnbèi Dé chánshī yǔlù 純備德禪師語錄

Recorded Sayings of Chán Master Chún-bèi Dé by 廣德 (說), 智遠 (等編)

Two-juan yǔlù of Chúnbèi Guǎngdé 廣德 純備廣德 (lifedates unknown, active 1666–1672+), LínjìYángqí dharma-heir of Ěrdú Dàotài 耳毒道泰 — thus a co-disciple of Huànzhù Míng Huànzhù Míng (cf. KR6q0549). Native of Shǔdōng Fēngdū 蜀東鄷都 (= 酆都, Sìchuān), lay surname 李. Compiled by his fǎsì Fǎchuáng Zhìyuǎn 智遠 děng biān. Documents teaching at two abbacies on the upper-Yangtze gorge corridor: Yílíngzhōu Huánglíngshān Yuèxiá chányuàn 彝陵州黃陵月峽禪院 (entered 康熙丙午 = 1666 spring) and Sìguī Fóxīng Dàbēi chányuàn 秭歸佛興大悲禪院 (founded by Guǎngdé in 康熙壬子 = 1672). Preface dated 康熙庚戌三月上巳 = 1670-04-21 by Gǔtíng Dàolóng Bódá 古庭道隆博達 at the Qīnglín plum-pavilion. notBefore = 1666; notAfter1672+. Printed as Jiāxīng Canon J38 B433.

Contents. Juan 1: preface; Huánglíng Yuèxiáyuàn yǔlù; Dàbēiyuàn yǔlù; xiǎocān; fǎyǔ (示方勝, 示乾齡王居士, 示歸源宋居士, 示弘玄道人, 示融一監院, 示疑悟禪人). Juan 2: continuing fǎyǔ and ; jīyuán; sònggǔ; 聯芳 (lineage-distribution) listing the three fǎsì; fóshì.

Tiyao

Not applicable — Jiā-xīng-canon imprint (J38 B433).

Other points of interest

This yǔlù together with KR6q0551 (the yǔlù of his disciple Fǎchuáng Zhìyuǎn) documents the late-Kāngxī LínjìYángqí presence on the Yílíng 彝陵 / Sìguī 秭歸 stretch of the Yangtze gorges — a corridor of strategic monastic geography that received heavy state patronage as part of post-Sānfān-luàn reconstruction. Guǎngdé’s founding of Fóxīng Dàbēi chányuàn at Sìguī in 1672 is a primary record of that effort.

  • CBETA
  • DILA authority: A019620 (廣德), A019621 (智遠)
  • Dharma-teacher: Ěrdú Dàotài 耳毒道泰 (DILA A026304)
  • Co-disciple: Huànzhù Míng 幻住明
  • Disciple’s own yǔlù: KR6q0551 《法幢遠禪師語錄》