Hóngyuán 弘源, zì Hāntáng 憨堂 (“Honest Hall”). Late-17th-century monk of the Yílíng 彝陵 region (Húběi). Lifedates unknown. Author of the principal preface to KR6q0551 《法幢遠禪師語錄》 — the yǔlù of Fǎchuáng Zhìyuǎn 智遠 — signed at Yílíng on 康熙三十四年四月佛誕日 = 1695-05-21 (Buddha’s Birthday).
Not to be confused with Yǒngchéng Hóngyuán 永澄弘源 (DILA A046709), a separate Míng/Qīng-transition monk.