Jìngtíng Zōng chánshī yǔlù 逕庭宗禪師語錄
Recorded Sayings of Chán Master Jìng-tíng Zōng by 德宗 (說), 行謙 (等編)
Two-juan yǔlù of Jìngtíng Dézōng 德宗 逕庭德宗 (1621-09-19 – 1684-10-15, age 64, fǎlà 35), LínjìYángqí dharma-heir of Yíshān Wòzhōng Zhìfú 嶷山握中智符 (1625–1688). Native of Línglíng 零陵 (Húnán), lay surname Jiǎng 蔣. Compiled by his fǎsì Wúzhèng Xíngqiān 行謙 děng biān. notBefore = 1657-12-30 (fùzhǔ on Buddha’s enlightenment day); notAfter = 1684 (death). Printed as Jiāxīng Canon J40 B475.
Documents an extraordinary fourteen+ Húnán abbacies — a remarkable circuit-record. Principal seats: Qīngxiāng Nányuán Hóngshèngsì 清湘南源洪聖寺; Yíshān Zhùshèngsì 嶷山祝聖寺; Cáoyuán Bǎojìngsì 曹源寶鏡寺; Wòyúnshān Zuìshèngsì 臥雲山最勝寺. Plus smaller hermitages and chapels (Shòufóān, Xīnglóngān, Biéchénān, Bìluóān, Pílúān, Liánchíshān).
Contents. Juan 1: yuánqǐ; preface; mùcì; abbacy yǔlù (in chronological order across the Húnán circuit). Juan 2: xiǎocān and continuing abbacy materials; closing xíngzhuàng and 塔銘 (preserving birth and death dates).
Tiyao
Not applicable — Jiā-xīng-canon imprint (J40 B475).
Other points of interest
The fourteen-plus abbacies in Húnán within a single career mark an exceptionally fluid pattern of monastic mobility, characteristic of mid-Qīng Húnán Línjì where monks often occupied multiple smaller seats simultaneously rather than committing to single life-long abbacies.