Late-Míng Cáodòng 曹洞宗 Chán master; hào Màilàng 麥浪, also called Míngyīn Huái 明因懷 after his principal abbacy. Native of Shānyīn 山陰 (Shàoxīng), lay surname Wáng 王. Lifedates precise per the record in Qí Biāojiā jí 祁彪佳集: born 3/II/Wànlì 14 (22 March 1586), died 21/XI/Chóngzhēn 3 (24 December 1630) in his 45th year, with 29 years in the sēnglà 僧臘.
Left home at five at Tiānwángsì 天王寺 and received full ordination at seventeen at Yúnqī 雲棲 (the Jìngtǔ centre of Yúnqī Zhūhóng 雲棲袾宏). Wandered the jiǎngsì 講肆 (doctrinal teaching halls), then came into doubt on Chán questions and went to study under Zhànrán Yuánchéng 湛然圓澄 (1561–1627), the major Cáodòng master of the Yúnmén line. Experienced initial breakthrough hearing Yúnqī pose the hǎidǐ níniú 海底泥牛 huàtóu and Yuánchéng’s gesture toward a bystander “let the assembly witness this.” Received full yìnkě 印可 during an exchange with Dìnglín chánshī at the East Pagoda (東塔) — where Yuánchéng closed the exchange with the remark, “Màilàng performs well atop the blade’s edge; without a further word, the two of you would just be old crows inside a cloth bag — why? — because the dynamic has not left its position, and so has fallen into the poison-sea” — at which Màilàng was thoroughly released.
Made shǒuzuò 首座 by Yuánchéng. First took up the abbot’s seat at Dāishān 埭山, then moved to Míngyīnsì 明因寺 (Shàoxīng), where he was buried. Dharma-heirs include Wújī Jìngmǐn 無迹淨敏 (at Mítuósì), Yuànān Jìngyī 願菴淨伊 (at Liùtōngyuàn), and Xuěqiáo Zhèng 雪樵證 (at Jǐshēngsì, Jiāngníng).
Surviving works: Yúnmén Màilàng Huái chánshī zōngmén shènàn (KR6q0387, Wànlì 48 = 1620) and Màilàng Huái chánshī yǔlù 麥浪懷禪師語錄 (preserved in Yúnmén Xiǎnshèng sì zhì 雲門顯聖寺志 juan 4). He is a significant figure for the intellectual defense of Cáodòng apparatus (the five ranks, three gates) against contemporary Línjì critique during the late-Míng revival.