Dāiwēng Xíngyuè 呆翁行悅 (1620–1685), late-Míng / early-Qīng Línjì 臨濟 Yángqí-branch 楊岐派 Chán master. Given-name Méigǔ 梅谷 (“Plum-Valley”); hào Dāiwēng 呆翁 (“Foolish Old Man”) and late-life self-designation Púyī zūnzhě 蒲衣尊者 (“Rush-Robed Venerable”). Native of Lóudōng 婁東 in Tàicāng zhōu 太倉州 (modern Jiāngsū), lay surname Cáo 曹.
Ordained at 18 at the Pǔtuó Hǎi’àn ān 普陀海岸庵. Received full precepts and traveled widely for Chán study: under Ruìbái Míngxuě 瑞白明雪 at Kōngtóng, under Tiānmù Mìyún Yuánwù 天目密雲圓悟, and under Bàoēn Yuánxián 報恩賢 (= Yǒngjué Yuánxián). At age 22 met Ruò’ān Tōngwèn 箬庵通問 (1604–1655, DILA A013268) at Zhènjiāng Jiāshān 夾山, attended him at Jīnshān 金山, and received dharma-transmission. Tōngwèn is the same master who was also the teacher of Jiéliú Xíngcè (1628–1682, KR6q0129).
Subsequently held successive abbacies: after several years’ residency at Lúshān 廬嶽, succeeded to the Nánjiàn 南澗 abbacy in Shùnzhì 14 (1657) — whence the alternate name Nánjiàn Xíngyuè 南澗行悅; Yuèdōng Lóngshù yuàn 粵東龍樹院 (Kāngxī 4 = 1665); Jiāngshān Tiānhuá 蔣山天華 (Kāngxī 6 = 1667); Dàyǐn chányuàn 大隱禪院 (Kāngxī 10 = 1671); Xīhuá shān Lóngguāng sì 西華山龍光寺 (Kāngxī 20 = 1681). Died at the Míléān 彌勒庵 in Dōngchéng on Kāngxī 23.12.1 (5 January 1685), aged 66, sēnglà 48. Principal dharma-heirs: Zhìguān Huì 智觀慧, Dìngkōng Qīn 定空欽, Jìyìng Huá 跂應華.
Major works:
- Zhèngzōng yǔlù 正宗語錄;
- Lièzǔ tí gāng lù 列祖提綱錄 (KR6q0151, X64 n1260, 42 juan) — his major Chán-anthology compilation;
- Lìdài dìwáng hóng jiào lù 歷代帝王弘教錄 — historical compendium of imperial Buddhist patronage;
- Běi yóu jí 北遊集 — travel diary of his northern travels.
Tàicāng townsman and close colleague of Huìshān Jièxiǎn 晦山戒顯 (KR6q0150), who wrote the preface to Xíngyuè’s Lièzǔ tí gāng lù.
Works in the Kanripo corpus: KR6q0151 only.
Per DILA A000412: birth 1620 (sui reckoning); death Kāngxī 23.12.1 = 5 January 1685; lay surname Cáo; native of Tàicāng zhōu. LínjìYángqí lineage.