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. LínjìYángqí 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 LínjìYángqí 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 ShùnzhìKāngxī Buddhist establishment.
Translations and research
- 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