Chāozhì 超智 (also 超志), zì Tiānmù 天目 (also catalog-form Qírán 奇然). Born 明天啟六 = 1626/01/28–1627/02/15 Gregorian; alive in 1685 (康熙24, age 60). Native of Sōngjiāng Qīngpǔ 松江青浦; lay surname Lǐ 李.
Lineage. LínjìYángqí dharma-heir of Zìxián Xíngjué 覺 自閒行覺 (1611–1662) at KR6q0469 line — one of the 33 Xíngjué heirs.
Formation. At 12 mother died; raised by paternal grandmother. Visited Jīnsù Tōngróng 金粟容. At 22 father died; tonsured at Jiāshàn Shāndūnān 嘉善山墩菴. Studied under Tōngxuán [Línyě Tōng-]qí 通玄奇 at Qīzhēnsì 棲真寺 (= 覺’s teacher Línyě Tōngqí); then with Fúróng [Zìxián] Jué 芙蓉覺 at Luóhànsì 羅漢寺 with formal jìbié.
Three abbacies. Yǒngjiā Tiānwángsì 永嘉天王寺; Ruìān Xiānyánsì 瑞安仙巖寺; Kūnyáng Bǎoxīngsì 昆陽寶興諸寺.
Heirs. Zhōngān Zhì 中安質; Fànyuǎn Yàn 範遠彥; Zhuórán Lì 卓然立 (and others).
Work. KR6q0495 《奇然智禪師語錄》 2 juan, Jiāxīng Canon J36 B356, compiled by fǎsì Mínglín 明林 + Míngcàn 明燦 děng biān. (DILA-standardized title would be 《天目智禪師語錄》; the Jiāxīng catalog uses the alternate hào 奇然.) Sources: 《五燈全書》 j. 98; 《仙巖仙志》 j. 2.