Língyǐn Wén chánshī yǔlù 靈隱文禪師語錄

Recorded Sayings of Chán Master Líng-yǐn Wén by 印文 (說), 福度 (復編)

Three-juan yǔlù of Língyǐn Yìnwén 印文 靈隱印文 (lifedates unknown, active 1660s in Yúnnán-Guìzhōu region), Línjì-Yángqí dharma-heir of Pòshān Hǎimíng 海明 (1597–1666). Native of Kuízhōu Gāoliáng 夔州高梁 (= 梁山, Sìchuān), lay surname Wáng 王. The catalog records the editorship as fù biān 復編 (“re-compiled”) by fǎsì Méixī Fúdù 福度 (1637–1701) — i.e. Fúdù prepared a corrected/expanded second edition of his teacher’s earlier-circulating yǔlù. Single dated marker: 康熙戊寅歲季夏月吉旦 = 1698 lunar 6. notBefore = ca. 1660 (post-fùfǎ abbacy era); notAfter = 1698 (Fúdù’s fù biān publication). Printed as Jiāxīng Canon J39 B446.

The yǔlù documents teaching across the southwestern frontier circuit: Ānshùn Jìnglè 安順靜樂, Yúnnán Yúnjí 雲南雲集, Dòubǎo Guānyīn 竇堡觀音 (where in 1661 his fǎsì Fúdù received transmission), Hóngjiāng Huílóng 洪江迴龍, Qiánnán Zǐzhú 黔南紫竹.

Contents. Juan 1: mùlù; shàngtáng. Juan 2: xiǎocān; fǎyǔ (示密參, 示梅溪 = Fúdù, 示瑞寰熊居士, 示智聲, 示瑞雪); jīyuán; sònggǔ on classic gōngàn (世尊初生, 世尊陞座, 世尊拈花, 女子入定, 南泉斬貓, 趙州狗子, 靈雲見桃花, etc.). Juan 3: continuing sònggǔ; fóshì; 聯芳偈 (lineage-distribution) listing fourteen fǎsì.

Tiyao

Not applicable — Jiā-xīng-canon imprint (J39 B446).

Other points of interest

KR6q0560 and the next-numbered KR6q0561 form a teacher-disciple sequence (Yìnwén → Fúdù), both producing major yǔlù in the Yúnnán-Guìzhōu Línjì-Yángqí southwestern frontier expansion of the Pòshān Hǎimíng lineage. Together with KR6q0523 (Xuéyùn) and KR6q0545 (Mìxíng Jìrěn), this cluster constitutes the major Yúnnán Buddhist documentary record of the post-1644 era.

  • CBETA
  • DILA authority: A019626 (印文), A016619 (福度)
  • Dharma-teacher: 海明 Pòshān Hǎimíng 破山海明
  • Disciple’s own yǔlù: KR6q0561 《東山梅溪度禪師語錄》