Kōnggǔ Dàochéng chánshī yǔlù 空谷道澄禪師語錄
Recorded Sayings of Chán Master Kōng-gǔ Dào-chéng by 道澄 (說), 德儒 (編)
Massive twenty-juan yǔlù of Kōnggǔ Dàochéng 道澄 空谷道澄 (b. 1616, alive at age 79 in 1694, death year not located), LínjìYángqí dharma-heir of Mǐnshù Rúxiāng 如相 (1603–1672) — thus a co-disciple of Chìsōng Dàolǐng 道領 (cf. KR6q0565) and others in the major Mǐnshù sub-line of the southwestern Pòshān cohort. Native of Zhōngzhōu 忠州 (Sìchuān), lay surname Yáng 楊. Compiled by his fǎsì Zhànqīng Dérú 德儒 biān.
The 20-juan extent makes this one of the largest single-author LínjìYángqí yǔlù in the Jiāxīng Canon, comparable to KR6q0568 《頻吉祥禪師語錄》 (15 juan, Cáodòng) within the J39 supplement. Dàochéng’s career spanned both Sìchuān (early) and Beijing (mid-late) abbacies — the latter under direct Manchu princely patronage: Shùnchéngwáng 順承王 invited him to take the Báitǎ Zhēnrú chányuàn 白塔真如禪院 abbacy in Chénjīng (the imperial capital). 癸亥十月 = 1683-10 returned briefly to Wànxiàn 萬縣 (Sìchuān) for a stupa-cleaning ritual at his teacher Mǐnshù 如相’s grave. notBefore ≈ 1665 (post-付法 abbacy era, building toward the Beijing appointment); notAfter = 1694 (last attested year). Printed as Jiāxīng Canon J39 B471.
Contents. Juan 1: preface; mùcì; shàngtáng records (continuing through juan 12). Juan 13: xiǎocān; rùtáng tiāobō gōngfū; jīyuán. Juan 14: 聯芳頌古 liánfāng sònggǔ — verses on the entire patriarchal lineage (毘婆尸, 尸棄, 毘舍浮, 拘留孫, 拘那含牟尼, 迦葉, 釋迦, 迦葉, 阿難, 商那和修, 優波鞠多 … continuing through to his own teacher); fùfǎjì (verse-bestowal poems for 淨凡任, Fóshān Qīng 佛山清, et al.). Juan 15–20: continuing materials including correspondence with imperial-court contacts and Sìchuān cohorts.
Tiyao
Not applicable — Jiā-xīng-canon imprint (J39 B471).
Other points of interest
The combination of Manchu princely patronage in Beijing + continuing Sì-chuān gorge-region presence is unusual within the Línjì-Yángqí southwestern cluster — most heirs of 如相 remained anchored in the southwest. Kōng-gǔ Dào-chéng’s career documents an under-studied Sì-chuān → Beijing axis of Línjì-Yángqí court Buddhism, bridging the Pò-shān regional tradition and the high Qīng court Buddhist establishment. The 聯芳頌古 patriarch-cycle in juan 14 — verses on the entire Indian-Chinese Línjì lineage from Vipaśyin to Mǐn-shù — situates Dào-chéng as a self-conscious genealogist of the lineage tradition.