Zǔyuán 祖圓. Female disciple-attendant of Zǐyōng Chéngrú 成如 (b. 1648). Lifedates unknown. Lead recorder (jìlù) of her master’s yǔlù KR6q0578 《子雍如禪師語錄》 4 juan, J39 B465.
name: 祖圓 pinyinName: Zǔyuán / Soen alternateNames: [規庵祖圓, Kian Soen, 南院國師] dynasty: 日本 birthDate: 1261 deathDate: 1313 cbdbId: dilaAuthorityId:
Kian Soen 規庵祖圓 (1261–1313) — Late-Kamakura Japanese Rinzai-Zen master, posthumous imperial title Nan’in Kokushi 南院國師 (“National Master of the Southern Cloister”).
Dharma-heir of 道隆 Rankei Dōryū (Lánxī Dàolóng) at Kenchō-ji; a principal heir of the Daikaku-ha 大覺派 line of Japanese Rinzai-Zen. Resided at Nanzen-ji 南禪寺 in Kyoto — the elite imperial Zen monastery — where he served as a major early abbot. Active in the early Gozan 五山 administrative organization.
Death: between 1313 February 4 and 1314 January 24 (per Giyū-ji-roku 疑年錄 p. 313).
His Recorded Sayings — Nan’in Kokushi goroku 南院國師語錄 (KR6t0258, T80n2552) — three fascicles, compiled by his disciples Eshin 慧真 and others.
Source: standard Japanese Rinzai-Zen biographical sources; Giyū-ji-roku p. 313.