Fúhuì 福慧 (Yězhú Fúhuì 野竹福慧 / Sōngshān Yězhú 嵩山野竹)
Mid-seventeenth-century Línjì Chán master and principal Qīng-era Chán mission-founder in Yúnnán (southwestern frontier). Dharma-heir of Shānhuī Bì 山暉璧 (at KR6q0437) in the Pòshān Hǎimíng 破山海明 → Zìshuǐ Yuánliáo → Shānhuī → Fúhuì Sichuan-Guì-Yún sub-line of the Mìyún Yuánwù tradition. Fǎhuì 法諱 Fúhuì 福慧, hào Yězhú 野竹 (“Wild-Bamboo”) / Sōngshān Yězhú 嵩山野竹 (from his Yúnnánfǔ Sōngshān Chányuàn 嵩山禪院 seat at Kūnmíng). Native of Yúzhōu 渝州 (modern Chóngqìng, Sichuan) per his own self-identification in the KR6q0437 preface (“Yúzhōu ménrén Fúhuì 渝州門人福慧”). Active c. 1650s–1670s.
Nine-abbacy Yúnnán mission-network (c. 1650–65). Documented in KR6q0438: seats spanning the entire Yúnnán plateau from Kūnmíng west to Ménghuà / Shùnníng (Dàlǐ region) and south to Chéngjiāng / Mílè:
- Yúnnánfǔ Cíyún Chányuàn 慈雲禪院 (Kūnmíng);
- Ménghuàfǔ Zhúlín Chányuàn 竹林禪院 (Wèishān);
- Shùnníngfǔ Yúnzhōu Wǔfú Chányuàn 五福禪院 (Féngqìng, SW Yúnnán);
- Shùnníngfǔ Shùzōngshān Shànfǎ Chányuàn 善法禪院;
- 再住五福禪院;
- 再住慈雲禪院;
- Yúnnánfǔ Sōngshān Chányuàn 嵩山禪院 (Kūnmíng, the seat-hào);
- Yúnnánfǔ Fùmínxiàn Wòlóngshān Fǎhuá Chányuàn 法華禪院;
- Chéngjiāngfǔ Lùnánzhōu Mílè Chányuàn 彌勒禪院;
- 再住嵩山禪院 (final abbacy).
Historical significance. Together with Shānhuī Bì’s Guìzhōu network (at KR6q0437), Fúhuì’s Yúnnán mission-program constitutes the Qīng-era Sichuan-Pò-shān / Yuánliáo sub-line’s southwestern-frontier establishment. The two dharma-brothers divided the frontier: Shānhuī → Guìzhōu, Fúhuì → Yúnnán. Both operated under the semi-autonomous Wú Sānguì 吳三桂 Pínxī Wáng 平西王 administration (1660–73). Characterized by his layman-preface-writer (see KR6q0216) as bó xué néng wén, dòng xī chán lǐ 博學能文洞晰禪理.
Works in Kanripo:
- KR6q0438 《嵩山野竹禪師錄》 — his principal 14-juan yǔlù (Jiāxīng Canon J29 B224, cut 1665) — the qiánlù 前錄.
- KR6q0466 《益州嵩山野竹禪師後錄》 — 8-juan supplement hòulù 後錄 (Jiāxīng Canon J33 B284), compiled by fǎsì Hóngxī 洪希 洪希 with front-preface by Gōng Dǐngzī 龔鼎孳 (1615–1673) dated 康熙十一年壬子孟冬 = 1672/11, covering Fúhuì’s 1671 entry into the Yúnnán Dàlǐ Bīnchuānzhōu Jīzúshān Shízhōngsì 雞足山石鐘寺 abbacy. Brokered by Gōng Dǐngzī through his Tiāntóng acquaintance Shānxiǎo Běnxī 山曉本皙 (Tiāntóng abbot, Sì-chuān-native fellow of Fúhuì).
- KR6q0216 《天台三聖詩集和韻》 — a second-stratum re-harmonising verse contribution (chóng hé 重和) on the HánshānShídéFēnggān poetic corpus, extending the Yuán-era first-stratum harmonisations of Chǔshí Fànqí.
- Preface to his master’s KR6q0437 山暉禪師語錄 (signed “Yúzhōu ménrén Fúhuì 渝州門人福慧” at Sōngshān zuìzǔtáng 嵩山醉祖堂).
Regional Yúnnán context. Part of the broader Yúnnán Chán regional tradition documented in the Kanripo corpus through the compilations of Chèyōng Zhōulǐ 徹庸周理 and his successors (see KR6q0195, KR6q0196, KR6q0197, KR6q0198).
Sources: KR6q0438 (principal yǔlù, 14 juan; editorial completion 乙巳 = 1665); KR6q0437 second preface (self-authored); KR6q0216 layman-preface reference; Qí Lǐjiā 齊立家 regional Yúnnán Buddhist-history research.