Héyī Zì chánshī yǔlù 何一自禪師語錄
Recorded Sayings of Chán Master Hé-yī Zì by 超自 (說), 明修 (等編), 明惠 (等編), 明智 (等編)
Two-juan yǔlù of Héyī Chāozì 超自 何一超自 (lifedates unknown), LínjìYángqí dharma-heir of Xìngkōng Xíngzhēn 行臻 (1608–1678, cf. KR6q0574). Native of Hénán Qǐxiàn 河南杞縣, lay surname Wáng 王. Compiled jointly by three of his fǎsì: Yuánfēng Míngxiū 明修, Kǒngyì Mínghuì 明惠, Lǚān Míngzhì 明智.
Three prefaces are preserved: by Wáng Zéhóng 楚邾城王澤弘 (a Qīng official) in Chángān Sī-… dated 康熙三十六年孟春 = 1697 lunar 1; by Zhāng Kāizōng 張開宗 dated 康熙丁丑夏 = 1697 summer; and by Rǎn Jìnzǔ 牟陽冉覲祖 dated 康熙三十二年癸酉中秋 = 1693-09-25. Documents teaching at two principal seats: Běijīng Shùntiānfǔ Wǎnpíngxiàn Chóngníng chányuàn 北京順天府宛平縣崇寧禪院 (entered 康熙二十年 = 1681 — i.e. an abbacy in suburban Běijīng); and a later 京師 (capital) invitation 康熙三十七年戊寅 = 1698. notBefore = 1681 (Chóngníng entry); notAfter = 1698 (capital invitation; printing follows). Printed as Jiāxīng Canon J39 B462.
Contents. Two juan: prefaces; abbacy yǔlù; xíngshí in juan 2 (the principal source for his life).
Tiyao
Not applicable — Jiā-xīng-canon imprint (J39 B462).
Other points of interest
The Běijīng abbacy at Chóngníngyuàn under the Kāngxī court places this yǔlù in the imperial-monastic ambit of late-Kāngxī Beijing — a relatively rare orientation in the Jiā-xīng-canon LínjìYángqí cluster, which is dominated by lower-Yangtze and southwestern frontier centers. Together with KR6q0574 (his teacher 行臻’s earlier Sūzhōu abbacy under Manchu Zhènghuángqí banner patronage), the pair documents a sustained Manchu-state-elite Buddhist patronage axis spanning Sūzhōu (1661+) → Běijīng (1681+) → Jīngshī (1698) over four decades.