Xìngtǐng 性珽, zì Xiàngyái 象崖. LínjìYángqí dharma-heir of Pòshān Hǎimíng 海明 破山海明 (1597–1666); thirty-sixth-generation Línjì 大鑑下第三十六世. Born 1598; died 大清順治8 辛卯 7月 = 1651-08-16/09-14, shìshòu 54, fǎlà 35. Native of Fúqīng 福清 (Fúzhōu prefecture, Fújiàn); lay surname Chén 陳.
Formation. Reading the Chánzōng zhèngmài with his jiùshì uncle on a visit to Wúshānsì triggered the resolve to leave the world. At 19 suì tonsured at Chánglè Chángxī Fúgōng 長樂常熙福公 monastery. Studied jiào under Kèróng fǎshī 克融法師 and Chán under multiple teachers: Huángbò Zhōng shīshū 黃檗中師叔 (3 years on wúzì), Gǔshān Wúyì héshàng 鼓山無異和尚 (changed to wànfǎ guīyī), Huángbò Mìzǔ 黃檗密祖 (= 圓悟 Mìyún Yuánwù, full precepts), Jīnsù Yuánwù (long-term, but no transmission), and finally Pòshān Hǎimíng with yìnkě.
Six abbacies. Lóngpán 龍蟠; Niānhuá 拈華; Bǎolín 寶林; Léngjiā 楞伽; Huángbò 黃檗 (twice); finally at Yǒuyáng 酉陽 司主 Rǎn Yùcén 冉玉岑’s invitation, Huáyánsì 華嚴寺. Sat-and-died (zuòtuō 坐脫) 順治8 = 1651.
Heirs. Shígǔ Huì 石谷慧; Yúnfù Zhì 道智 雲腹智 (cf. KR6q0480); Yúshān Ruì 余山瑞.
Cross-reference. Trained the young Liányuè Dàozhèng 道正 (cf. KR6q0445 juan 5 xíngshí) c. early 1640s before Liányuè crossed to Pòshān himself.
Work. KR6q0479 《象崖珽禪師語錄》 4 juan, Jiāxīng Canon J34 B308, chóngkān 重刊 (re-cut) by fǎsūn Yìwén 益聞. Sources: KR6q0479 juan 4 xíngzhuàng + tǎmíng; 《黔南會燈錄》 j. 1; DILA authority A004939.