Míngjué Cōng chánshī yǔlù 明覺聰禪師語錄
Recorded Sayings of the “Bright-Awakened” Chán Master Cōng by 寂空 (等編次), 方醒 (等編次)
Twenty-juan yǔlù of Hānpú Xìngcōng 性聰 憨璞性聰 (1611 – 1667-01-07, age 57, sēnglà 39), imperially-titled Míngjué chánshī 明覺禪師 by the Shùnzhì emperor in 1657. Línjì-Yángqí dharma-heir of Bǎichī Xíngyuán 百癡行元 (1611–1662) — thus a co-disciple of 素 Liánfēng Sù (KR6q0530) and 德風 Défēng (KR6q0531). Native of Shàowǔ 邵武 (Fújiàn), lay surname Lián 連. Compiled by fǎsì Jìkōng 寂空 and Pǔyuè Fāngxǐng 方醒 děng biāncì. Catalog source-edition is the Qiánlóng Edition Vol. 158 No. 1652.
Together with KR6q0604 (Mì-yún Yuán-wù), KR6q0605 (Yù-lín Tōng-xiù), KR6q0606 (Máo-xī Xíng-sēn), and KR6q0607 (Mù-chén Dào-mǐn), this is one of the five great imperial-Manchu Línjì-Yángqí yǔ-lù of the Shùnzhì-Kāngxī court canonized in the Qiánlóng Tripiṭaka. notBefore = 1657 (Shùnzhì invitation to Wàn-shàn-diàn — the principal preserved teaching content); notAfter = 1667 (death). Catalog dynasty 清.
Contents. Juan 1: imperial chìshū 敕書; biǎo (memorials) — 謝恩表 (thanks-for-grace memorial), 進五燈表 (presentation of Wǔdēng quánshū memorial), 辭表 (farewell memorial); five prefaces; mùlù; yīnshì (phonetic glosses). Juan 2: 北京皇城內萬善殿語錄 北京皇城內萬善殿語錄 — recordings from the Forbidden City Wànshàn Hall retreat with the Shùnzhì emperor, 1657 summer. Juans 2–4: 燕京順天府愍忠禪寺語錄 燕京順天府愍忠禪寺語錄 — recordings from Mǐnzhōngsì in Beijing 1659–1660. Juans 5+: continuing materials including the seven southern abbacies’ yǔlù and fùfǎ records.
Tiyao
Not applicable — Qiánlóng-canon imprint.
Other points of interest
The Wànshàndiàn 萬善殿 yǔlù in juan 2 is the most direct surviving record of the Shùnzhì emperor’s personal Buddhist instruction — Xìngcōng (along with Yùlín Tōngxiù, Mùchén Dàomǐn, and Máoxī Xíngsēn) was one of the four master Línjì-Yángqí teachers personally engaged by the young emperor. The 進五燈表 (presentation memorial for the Wǔdēng quánshū 五燈全書) indicates Xìngcōng’s editorial oversight of the major Wǔdēng quánshū lamp-history compilation — a primary monument of late-Míng / early-Qīng Línjì historiography. KR6q0609 is the closing entry of the J40 catalog sequence, marking the final imperial-canonical inclusion of the Shùnzhì-Kāngxī Buddhist establishment.
Translations and research
Reminder: AI generated list - beware of hallucinations. Corrections and additions welcome
- Jiang Wu 2008. Enlightenment in Dispute. Oxford UP — chapters on Hān-pú Xìng-cōng and his Wàn-shàn-diàn instruction of Shùnzhì.
Links
- DILA authority: A000644 (性聰), A001029 (寂空), A000191 (方醒)
- Dharma-teacher: Bǎichī Xíngyuán 百癡行元 (1611–1662, DILA A000392)
- Co-disciples: 素 Liánfēng Sù (KR6q0530), 德風 Défēng (KR6q0531)
- Imperial-court counterparts: 通琇 Yùlín (KR6q0605), 道忞 Mùchén (KR6q0607), 行森 Máoxī (KR6q0606)
- Major editorial output: 《五燈全書》 Wǔdēng quánshū