Late-Míng / early-Qīng Vinaya master, the principal figure of the Bǎohuáshān Lǜzōng 寶華山律宗 revival; sobriquet Jiànyuè 見月 (“Seeing-the-Moon”; with full name Jiànyuè Dútǐ 見月讀體, Jiànyuè lǜshī 見月律師), zì Shàorú 紹如. DILA Authority A001972. Born Wànlì 29, 3rd month, 3rd day (= 5 April 1601); died Kāngxī jǐwèi (1679), 1st month, 22nd day (= 4 March 1679), aged 79.
Dharma-disciple of Sānmèi Jìguāng 三昧寂光 (1580–1645), the founding figure of the Bǎohuáshān 寶華山 Vinaya revival in early-Qīng China. After his teacher’s death in 1645, Dútǐ succeeded to the Bǎohuáshān seat and presided over the institution for some thirty-four years (1645–1679), making it the principal Vinaya-school institution of early-Qīng China and the institutional centre from which the Vinaya tradition was systematically restored after late-Míng decline.
Major works: substantial Vinaya corpus including the Pí-ní rì-yòng qiè-yào 毘尼日用切要 (T1115), the Sān-tán fà-jiè zhèng-fàn 三壇傳戒正範 (the foundational early-Qīng ordination manual), and the Bǎo-huá-shān zhì 寶華山志 (the institutional gazetteer of his own monastery). For the present catalog, Dú-tǐ provided the chóng-zuǎn 重纂 (“re-compiled”) editorial work on Sì-míng Zhīlǐ’s Qiān-shǒu qiān-yǎn dà-bēi-xīn-zhòu xíng-fǎ (KR6d0202, X74n1480), preserving Zhīlǐ’s foundational Avalokiteśvara liturgical material in early-Qīng recension.
Sources: Bǎohuáshān zhì 寶華山志 juan 7 (the Jiànyuè dàlǜshī tǎmíng 見月大律師塔銘); DILA A001972.