Dàxiào Chóng chánshī yǔlù 大笑崇禪師語錄
Recorded Sayings of Chán Master Dà-xiào Chóng by 崇 (說), 空情 (錄)
Three-juan yǔlù of Dàxiào Xìngchóng 崇 大笑性崇 (b. 1634-01-07, death year unknown — was 56 in 1688), LínjìYángqí dharma-heir of Gāofēng Sānshān Dēnglái 高峰三山燈來 燈來 (1614–1685). Native of Shùnqìngfǔ Yuèchíxiàn 順慶府岳池縣 (Sìchuān), lay surname Lǔ 魯. Recorded by his fǎsì Kōngqíng 空情 lù. Documents teaching at two abbacies: Kuízhōufǔ Wànxiàn Guānyīnshān Bǎojīsì 夔州府萬縣觀音山寶積寺 (entered 康熙乙卯 = 1675 on the invitation of regional military commander Jǐnqiáo Yìgōng 覲橋易公 and assembled gentry); and Zhōngzhōu Gāofēng chányuàn 忠州高峰禪院 (entered 康熙戊辰十月十五日 = 1688-11-08 on the invitation of magistrate Zhāng).
Three prefaces are preserved: by 別菴禪師同門 dated 康熙庚午重九後二日 = 1690 (Kāngxī 29, lunar 9 — two days after Double-Ninth); a 1692 xù; and a third by 超原澹崖 超源 (the Lóng-chí-line preface-writer of KR6q0554) dated 康熙壬申春王正月人日 = 1692-02-04. notBefore = 1675 (Bǎojīsì entry); notAfter = 1692 (latest preface). Printed as Jiāxīng Canon J39 B442.
Contents. Juan 1: three prefaces; mùcì; Wànyì dāngshì jìnshēn qǐngqǐ 附萬邑當事縉紳請啟 (Wànxiàn gentry invitation petition); Bǎojīsì yǔlù. Juan 2: xiǎocān; cháhuà; jīyuán; fóshì — particularly important for documenting the funerary cycle for his teacher Sānshān Dēnglái (1685): gāofēng lǎorén yuánjì niānxiāng, the sānqī shègōng 三期設供 / èrjiǔ / bājiǔ / bìjiǔ / bǎiqī / èrzhōu shèjì full mourning cycle. Juan 3: continuing materials including the xíngshí.
Tiyao
Not applicable — Jiā-xīng-canon imprint (J39 B442).
Other points of interest
The fóshì section in juan 2 is a major source for the death and post-mortem ritual sequence of Sānshān Dēnglái 三山燈來 (1614–1685) — the famous Pòshān → Sānshān LínjìYángqí lineage figure whose niánpǔ survives separately as KR6q0209. Dàxiào Chóng’s full mourning cycle (sānqī, èrjiǔ, bājiǔ, bìjiǔ, bǎiqī, èrzhōu = three weeks, two-nines = 18 days, eight-nines = 72 days, complete-nines, hundredth day, second anniversary) presents a complete liturgical record of late-Kāngxī Sìchuān Línjì memorial practice for a recently deceased zǔshī.