Fǎyìng 法應 (Bǎojiànshī Fǎyìng 寶鑑師法應)
Southern-Sòng Chán monk. Hào Bǎojiànshī 寶鑑師 (“Treasure-Mirror Master”). Lifedates unrecorded; active late 12th to early 13th century.
Principal surviving contribution: the original compilation of the Chán zōng sòng gǔ lián zhū tōng jí 禪宗頌古聯珠通集 KR6q0243 — a monumental Chán sòng gǔ anthology subsequently continued by the Yuán monk Pǔhuì 普會 into the received 40-juan form. Fǎyìng’s innovation was the “linked-pearls” (lián zhū 聯珠) anthology-format, arranging multiple masters’ verse-responses to each classical case in cumulative-historical sequence — a form that became important for subsequent Chán commentarial-reception study.