胡孝

Hú Xiào 胡孝

Late-Míng former jìnshì (前進士) who, after disengaging from official life, took up yǒufǎ sēng 有髮僧 (“haired-monk”, i.e. lay-monastic) life at Wǔlín 武林 (Hángzhōu) under the dharma-name 了幻 Liǎohuàn. Collator (校) of 謝觀光 Xiè Guānguāng’s Bōrě xīnjīng shìyì 般若心經釋義 (KR6c0159), Wànlì 15 (1587).