Tiānyǐn Xiū chánshī yǔlù 天隱修禪師語錄
Recorded Sayings of Chán Master Tiān-yǐn Xiū by 通琇 (編)
Substantial twenty-juan yǔlù of Tiānyǐn Yuánxiū 圓修 天隱圓修 (1575 – 1635-11-02, age 61, fǎlà 37). One of the three principal fǎsì of Lóngchí Huànyǒu Zhèngchuán 正傳 (cf. KR6q0601) — alongside 圓悟 Mìyún Yuánwù and 圓信 Xuějiāo Yuánxìn. Founder of the Qìngshān 磬山 sub-branch of LínjìYángqí Buddhism. Native of Jīngxī 荊溪 (= Yíxīng 宜興), lay surname Mǐn 閔. Compiled (biān) by his most famous fǎsì Yùlín Tōngxiù 通琇 (1614–1675, the Shùnzhì-court Imperial Preceptor) — see KR6q0605 for Tōngxiù’s own yǔlù.
The 20-juan extent (Qiánlóng-canon recension) is larger than the earlier 15-juan Tiānyǐn héshàng yǔlù edited by Ruòān Tōngwèn 箬庵通問 (cf. KR6q0397); this expanded recension by Yùlín supersedes the earlier text. notBefore ≈ 1620 (post-Qìng-shān-foundation, when the master settled at his own monastery); notAfter ≈ 1650 (post-1635-death printing under Tōngxiù’s editorship). Catalog dynasty 明; source-edition is the Qiánlóng Edition of the canon Vol. 154 No. 1639.
Contents. Juan 1: mùlù (introduced by Bǐng Yī 秉一); shàngtáng; shìzhòng. Juan 2–6: continuing shìzhòng. Juan 6–7: xiǎocān. Juan 8: jǔgǔ. Juans 9+: fǎyǔ, jì, fóshì, the master’s autobiographical xíngyóu (recorded 崇禎四年 = 1631 at Qìngshān), and xíngshí. Phonetic glosses (yīnshì 音釋) follow each section.
Tiyao
Not applicable — Qiánlóng / Jiā-xīng-canon imprint.
Other points of interest
KR6q0603 is the principal textual record of the Qìngshān 磬山 lineage-foundation — a sub-branch of LínjìYángqí that produced four major dharma-heirs: Línggāo Tōngyù 林臯通豫, Ruòān Tōngwèn 箬庵通問 (1604–1655, see 通問), Yùlín Tōngxiù 通琇 (1614–1675, the Imperial Preceptor), and Shāncí Tōngjì 山茨通際. The Qìngshān lineage produced multiple later yǔlù — together with KR6q0599 (Pǔfū Shízhuō, also Qìngshān) — providing a 130-year continuous lineage record from Tiānyǐn (1575) to the mid-Qiánlóng era (1730s).
Translations and research
- Jiang Wu 2008. Enlightenment in Dispute. Oxford UP — chapters on Tiān-yǐn’s role.