Zhàoyī 照衣, hào Huìjué 慧覺. LínjìYángqí dharma-heir of Pòshān Hǎimíng 海明 破山海明 (1597–1666). Born 明萬曆乙巳 2/21 子時 = 1605-04-08 Gregorian; died 康熙12 9/18 = 1673-10-27 Gregorian, shìshòu 69, fǎlà 38. Native of Qíjiāngxiàn 綦江縣 (Yúzhōu / Chóngqìng region, Sìchuān); lay surname Xióng 熊.
Formation. Lay-life until age 30, then awakening on shēnshì kǔkōng 身世苦空; pilgrimage to Huáyínshān 華銀山 to revere Pǔxián; tonsured under Chángbái 常白. After Chángbái’s death (six months later) Zhàoyī served as abbot of the home-monastery for 4 years before retiring. Pilgrimage to Jiāngnán; 1644 (順治元 jiǎshēn 之變) retreat to Yèláng 夜郎 (SìchuānGuìzhōu border) for 8 years. 順治癸巳 9 = 1653/9: traveled to Pòshān Hǎimíng at Liángshān Jīnchéngsì 梁山金城寺, then to Shuāngguìsì, where transmission was bestowed.
Eight abbacies. Chóngqìng Chóngyīnsì 重慶崇因寺; Húshān Zhìpíngsì 湖山治平寺; Tàigōngshān Shíbǎosì 太公山石寶寺; Jiāngjīn Yuántōngsì 江津圓通寺; Zhūlín Hóngfúsì 珠林洪福寺; Bāxiàn Bǎoliányuàn 巴縣寶蓮院; etc. Stūpa at one of these.
Heirs. Pòfēng Zhòng 普重 破峰重 (cf. KR6q0492); Fóyǔ Yù 徹御 佛語御 (cf. KR6q0487 and compiler of KR6q0486); Cuìé Dēng 翠峩登; Xiùé Mài 琇峩脈; Zhèngé Hé 正峩合; Qīngyuán Yì 清源懿.
Work. KR6q0486 《慧覺衣禪師語錄》 3 juan, Jiāxīng Canon J35 B340, compiled by fǎsì Chèyù 徹御 děng biān. Sources: KR6q0486 j. 3 xínglù; 《錦江禪燈》 j. 10; Fóguāng dàcídiǎn 5519.