Cuìyá Bì chánshī yǔlù 翠崖必禪師語錄
Recorded Sayings of Chán Master Cuì-yá Bì by 必 (說), 道通 (錄)
Three-juan yǔlù of Cuìyá Bì 必 翠崖必 (lifedates unknown), LínjìYángqí dharma-heir of Biéān Xìngtǒng 別庵性統 (1661–1717) of Pǔtuóshān. Recorded by his fǎsì Dàotōng 道通 lù. Documents teaching at four abbacies, two in Hángzhōu / Jiāngxī and two in Beijing (京都): Hángzhōufǔ Rénhéxiàn Yǒngshòu chánsì 杭州府仁和縣永壽禪寺; Jiāngxī Gàngzhōufǔ Chángníngxiàn Shīlín chányuàn 江西戇州府長寧縣獅林禪院; Jīngdū Guānyīn chánsì 京都觀音禪寺; Jīngdū Jiāxīng chánsì 京都嘉興禪寺. notBefore ≈ 1700 (post-Xìng-tǒng-late-period fùfǎ); notAfter ≈ 1730. Printed as Jiāxīng Canon J40 B487.
Contents. Juan 1: prefaces; mùcì; abbacy yǔlù records (the four seats listed above). Juan 2: xiǎocān; jīyuán; fóshì (with Jìngshān sǎo Huìzǔ tǎ 徑山掃慧祖塔, Cáoxī lǐ Liùzǔ zhēn 曹溪禮六祖真 — pilgrimages to the founder-stupas, plus mortuary rituals for various lay donors). Juan 3: closing materials.
Tiyao
Not applicable — Jiā-xīng-canon imprint (J40 B487).
Other points of interest
The four-abbacy circuit including two Beijing seats (Jīngdū Guānyīn and Jīngdū Jiāxīng) marks Cuìyá Bì as one of the most centrally-positioned Pǔtuóshān → Beijing axis LínjìYángqí monks of the early-18th-century KāngxīYōngzhèng transition. The pilgrimage fóshì to the Liùzǔ stupa at Cáoxī indicates a continuing Lìngnán Cáodòng / Hǎiyún engagement.
Links
- CBETA
- DILA authority: A014573 (翠崖必)
- Dharma-teacher: Biéān Xìngtǒng 別庵性統 (1661–1717, DILA A000635)