Huáyán Qǐzōng Zhēn chánshī yǔlù 華嚴起宗真禪師語錄
Recorded Sayings of Chán Master Qǐ-zōng Zhēn of Huá-yán [-sì] by 真 (說), 力廣 (等錄)
Two-juan yǔlù of Qǐzōng Zhēn 真 起宗真 (b. 1638-11-07, death year unknown — was 63 in 1700), LínjìYángqí dharma-heir of two teachers: Wéishān Gǔméi Dìngliè 定冽 (cf. KR6q0576) and Huáshān Dìngān Déjī 華山定菴德基律師. Native of Zhēnzhōusī 真州司, lay surname Hú 胡. Recorded by his fǎsì Lìguǎng 力廣 děng lù. Documents teaching at Zhēnzhōu Huáyán chánsì 真州華嚴禪寺. notBefore = 1690 (庚午, late tonsure-and-fùfǎ year, at age 53); notAfter = 1700 (last attested year). Printed as Jiāxīng Canon J39 B464.
Contents. Juan 1: xù; xíngshí (the principal source for his life — a remarkable account of late-life tonsure at age 53); Huáyánsì yǔlù including jùshì 據室, pī fǎyī 披法衣, shēngzuò 陞座, xiǎocān, plus a series of cross-monastery visits (謝同慶和尚, 芙蓉大師, 辭眾入楚掃祖塔, Wéishān shàngtáng, 同慶, 芙蓉, mourning verses for his teacher 先老和尚, etc.); xíngfú records of tonsuring his lay disciples. Juan 2: continuing materials.
Tiyao
Not applicable — Jiā-xīng-canon imprint (J39 B464).
Other points of interest
The xíngshí documenting tonsure at age 53 is one of the latest tonsure narratives recorded in the J39 collection. The two-teacher transmission (Wéishān Línjì + Huáshān precepts) follows a Qīng pattern of separating jiè (precepts) from fǎ (transmission).