Dàbó Qián chánshī yǔlù 大博乾禪師語錄
Recorded Sayings of Chán Master Dà-bó Qián by 乾 (說), 超宗 (等錄)
Five-juan yǔlù of Dàbó Xíngqián 乾 大博行乾 (1602 – 1673-09-20, age 72, sēnglà 59), LínjìYángqí dharma-heir of Wànrú Tōngwēi 萬如通微 (1594–1657, of Lóngchí). Native of Sìchuān Dázhōu 達州, lay surname Hú 胡. Recorded by his attendant Chāozōng 超宗 děng lù. notBefore = 順治壬辰 = 1652 autumn (received jìbié); notAfter = 1673 (death). Printed as Jiāxīng Canon J40 B472.
Documents an extraordinary eleven-abbacy circuit, all in the Héběi / Tiānjīn / suburban Beijing region — among the most extensive northern-China abbatial itineraries in the Jiāxīng Canon: Tiānjīn Dìzàngsì 天津地藏寺, Tiānjīn Rúláisì 天津如來寺, Xióngxiàn Chóngníngsì 雄縣崇寧寺, Yángcūn Bàochéngsì 楊村報成寺, Zhuōzhōu Pǔdùsì 涿州普度寺, Liángxiāng Shífāngsì 良鄉十方寺, Jīnmén Bōrěyuàn 津門般若院, Luánzhōu Wànshànsì 灤州萬善寺, Xīshān Tánzhèsì 西山潭柘寺 (the famous suburban-Beijing temple), Dūchéng Fǎtōngsì 都城法通寺 (within Beijing), Pánshān Zhōngpánsì 盤山中盤寺 (the burial site).
Contents. Juan 1: prefaces. Juan 2–5: continuing material — full shàngtáng records, xiǎocān, fǎyǔ, jīyuán, fóshì, xíngshí.
Tiyao
Not applicable — Jiā-xīng-canon imprint (J40 B472).
Other points of interest
The Pánshān Zhōngpánsì 盤山中盤寺 is one of the major imperial-Qīng Buddhist temples — the same Pánshān where Huīzhōu Hào (cf. KR6q0573) of the next generation also held abbacy. Tánzhèsì 潭柘寺 in the western Beijing hills was historically one of the most prestigious abbacies in the empire (“先有潭柘寺，後有北京城” — “Tánzhèsì existed before Beijing was built”). The Manchu-court Buddhist patronage axis traceable through Dàbó (1652+) → Huīzhōu Hào (1675+) is among the most important documented in the Jiāxīng Canon.
Links
- CBETA
- DILA authority: A001010 (行乾), A001368 (超宗)
- Dharma-teacher: Wànrú Tōngwēi 萬如通微 (1594–1657, DILA A012040)
- Earlier teachers: Mìyún Yuánwù 密雲圓悟; Shíchē Tōngchéng 石車通乘