Shūyù 書玉 (Yíjié Shūyù 宜潔書玉)
Major late-Qīng Vinaya master. Zì Yíjié 宜潔 (“Proper and Pure”); hào Fóān 佛庵 (“Buddha-Hermitage”). Lay surname Táng 唐. Native of Wǔjìn 武進 (Jiāngsū). Lifedates 1645/9/13 – 1722/1/1 (Shùnzhì 2/7/24 – Kāngxī 60/11/14, age 77, sēnglà 56).
Ordained at the Jiāshān 嘉山 monastery of Jīngjiāng 京江 under Zìqiān héshàng 自謙和尚. Received full precepts at Bǎohuásì 寶華寺 at Huáshān 華山 in Jīnlíng 金陵 from Jiànyuè Dútǐ lǜshī 見月讀體律師 (1601–1679), the founding patriarch of the Qīng Vinaya revival-school. Served as Dútǐ’s principal personal-attendant disciple. After Dútǐ’s death, Shūyù was installed at Zhāoqìngsì 昭慶寺 at Wǔlín 武林 (Hángzhōu) where he held a long abbacy; during his tenure the monastery was rebuilt after an earlier fire (1700–1719) with imperial canonical-volume patronage.
Conducted more than 80 precept-transmission ceremonies across three “dharma-seats” — establishing the succession of the Qīng Vinaya tradition that descended from Dútǐ / Huáshān and that became the dominant late-imperial Vinaya lineage in Chinese Buddhism.
Major works include:
- Yíshān lǐ fó fā yuàn wén lüè shì 怡山禮佛發願文略釋 KR6q0210 (1713) — commentary on a classical Chán-attributed devotional vow-text.
- Píní rì yòng qiè yào 毘尼日用切要 KR6q0211 or similar Vinaya-manual compilations.
- Further Vinaya-commentarial works within the Lǜzōng dēng pǔ 律宗燈譜 tradition.
Dharma-heirs include Déxiān 德先, Dàwén 大聞, Chéngrú 澄如, and others.
Sources: Lǜzōng dēng pǔ 律宗燈譜 juan 3; Wǔlín Dàzhāoqìng lǜsì zhì 武林大昭慶律寺志 juan 9.