Zhāojué Zhúfēng Xù chánshī yǔlù 昭覺竹峰續禪師語錄
Recorded Sayings of Chán Master Zhú-fēng Xù of Zhāo-jué [-sì] by 真續 (說), 實悟 (等編)
Six-juan yǔlù of Zhúfēng Zhēnxù 真續 竹峰真續 (b. 1660-05-16 on Buddha’s Birthday), LínjìYángqí dharma-heir of Fóyuān Chègāng 佛冤徹綱 (1626–?). Native of Sōngzhōu 松州 (Sìchuān), lay surname Shěn 沈. Compiled by his fǎsì Déyún Shíwù 實悟 děng biān.
Documents teaching at five Sìchuān seats: Wēifèng Zhāojuésì 威鳳昭覺寺 (the historic mother-temple); Miàojué Chóngshàn 妙覺崇善; Xīlóng Dàbēi 西龍大悲; Xīchóng Wúliàng 西崇無量; Fènghuáng Fǎzàng 鳳凰法藏. notBefore ≈ 1690 (post-付法 abbacy onset, after his time at Zhāojué under Fóyuān); notAfter ≈ 1720 (large fǎsì roster of 83 indicates a long career). Printed as Jiāxīng Canon J40 B479.
Contents. Juan 1: four prefaces; mùcì; shàngtáng. Juan 2–3: continuing abbacy yǔlù; xiǎocān. Juan 4: sònggǔ on classic gōngàn (明星悟道, 拈花微笑, 婆子燒菴, 南泉斬貓, 三玄三要, 馬祖三喝, 牧牛頌, 十無頌 with sub-verses on wúgēnshù 無根樹, wúxiánqín 無絃琴, wúyuèsuǒ 無鑰鎖). Juan 5: xíngshí; fēndēng listing the 83 fǎsì. Juan 6: closing fóshì and miscellaneous.
Tiyao
Not applicable — Jiā-xīng-canon imprint (J40 B479).
Other points of interest
The eighty-three named fǎsì in juan 5 is one of the largest disciple-cohorts attested in any single Jiā-xīng-canon LínjìYángqí yǔlù, indicating Zhúfēng’s institutional weight at Zhāojuésì 昭覺寺 — the principal mother-temple of Sìchuān LínjìYángqí Buddhism, whence the 18th-century revival of southwestern Buddhism radiated. The succession of Zhāojué abbacies from Pòshān Hǎimíng 海明 (1597–1666) through his second-generation heirs (徹生 KR6q0544) and third-generation heir Zhúfēng (b. 1660, this text) marks the institutional continuity of the Sìchuān line into the 18th century.
Links
- CBETA
- DILA authority: A000965 (真續), A026337 (實悟)
- Dharma-teacher: Fóyuān Chègāng 佛冤徹綱 (DILA A016519)
- Earlier teacher: Zhàngxuě Tōngzuì 丈雪通醉 (1610–1696)