Shīzhào 師炤

Late-17th-century Qīng Buddhist nun (bǐqiūní 比丘尼); senior disciple of Língruì Fúānzhǔ 靈瑞符菴主 (DILA catalog-name Fú 符 nun) in the Hóngchú teaching-community at Sūzhōu / Wújùn. Lifedates and full biographical details unrecorded.

Lead compiler-editor (děng jì 等記 “et al. recorded”) of Fú-nun’s Língruì ní Zǔkuí Fú chánshī Miàozhàn lù 靈瑞尼祖揆符禪師妙湛錄 KR6q0224 — Fú-nun’s five-juan solo yǔlù. Shīzhào’s position as principal compiler indicates her status as Fú-nun’s senior dharma-successor.

Discussed in Grant, Beata. 2008. Eminent Nuns: Women Chan Masters of Seventeenth-Century China.