Qīngmào 清茂
Late-Southern-Sòng / Yuán Yángqí-branch Línjì (Sōngyuán lineage) Chán master, zì Gǔlín 古林, hào Jīngāngchuáng 金剛幢, late-life self-style Xiūjūsǒu 休居叟; imperial title Fúzōng Pǔjué Fóxìng chánshī 扶宗普覺佛性禪師, conferred by Yuán Rénzōng (r. 1311–20). Native of Lèqīng 樂清 (Wēnzhōu), lay surname Lín 林 — the same surname (and village, traditionally) as his teacher. Dharma-heir of 如珙 Héngchuān Rúgǒng 橫川如珙 (1222–1289, KR6q0344); principal dharma-founder of the “Gǔlínpài” 古林派 of late-Yuán / early-Míng Línjì, and, through his Japanese students, of the Chikusen-ha 竺仙派 — one of the twenty-four schools of Japanese Chán / Zen.
Born on the 1st of the 8th month of Jǐngdìng 3 (24 August 1262). Entered religion at ten after hearing the “Miàozhuāngwáng pǐn” 妙莊嚴王品 of the Lotus Sūtra, serving Tiāntái Guóqīng Gūyánqǐ 孤巖啟 and receiving the precepts under Wēn Róng 溫容. Studied with Shílín Gǒng 石林鞏 (Nánpíng Shílín) at Jìngcí, attained a first opening on the “Nánshān bamboo-shoots / East-Sea cuttlefish” turn of phrase, and — after Shílín’s death — went on to Yàndàngshān, where he attained full awakening under Rúgǒng at the Néngrén Fàngmùliáo 能仁放牧寮.
Held four (five by the standard count) major abbacies: Píngjiāngfǔ Tiānpíngshān Báiyún chánsì 天平山白雲禪寺 (from Dàdé 2 / 1298), Píngjiāng Kāiyuán chánsì 開元禪寺 (two terms), Ráozhōu Yǒngfú chánsì 永福禪寺 (from Yánhòu 2 / 1315) — where he completed the Zōngmén tǒngyào xùjí 宗門統要續集 — and finally Jīnlíng Bǎoníng chánsì 保寧禪寺, where he spent his later years and earned the appellation Bǎoníng Mào 保寧茂. Died at Bǎoníng on the 22nd of the 11th month of Tiānlì 2 (20 December 1329), shìshòu 68, sēnglà 55.
Named dharma-heirs include 清欲 Liǎoān Qīngyù 了庵清欲 (1292–1367, DILA A001089), Zhòngmóu Liángyóu 仲謀良猷 (DILA A026108), Xiǎomào 小茂 (A015527), Qīnghǎi 清海 (A021447), Dàfāng Yīn 大方因 (A015541), the Japanese-resident 梵僊 Zhúxiān Fànxiān 竺仙梵僊 (1292–1348, A000765, founder of the Chikusen-ha), Shíshì Shànjiǔ 石室善玖 (A027658), and Yuèlín Dàojiǎo 月林道皎 (A027739). His yǔlù (KR6q0345) and shíyí jìsòng (KR6q0346) both survive, the latter compiled by the Japanese student Hǎishòu 海壽; the first Japanese printing of the yǔlù was cut at Kyōto’s Nánchánsì in Kōei 1 (1342) by another Japanese follower, the monk Sēn 森, with assistance from Kokan Shiren’s etc. circle. Principal biographical sources: Zēngjí Xùchuándēnglù juan 5; the Xíngshí and bēi in KR6q0346 juan 2; Wǔdēng quánshū juan 52.