Wúliàng Zōngshòu 無量宗壽 (also Wúliàng Chóngshòu 無量崇壽, with 崇壽 and 宗壽 as equivalent readings; lifedates unrecorded), Southern-Sòng Línjì 臨濟宗 Yángqí-branch 楊岐派 Chán monk; hào Wúliàng 無量 (“Immeasurable”) or Wúliàngshòu 無量壽 (“Immeasurable-Life”). Native of Fǔzhōu 撫州 (modern Jiāngxī). Held the Ruìyán 瑞岩 abbacy (hence the alternate name Ruìyán Shòu 瑞岩壽).
Known principally through his authorship of the Rù zhòng rì yòng 入眾日用 (KR6q0137, X63 n1246, 1 juan) — a short Southern-Sòng monastic daily-practice manual for novice monks, circulating also under the title Wúliàngshòu chánshī rì yòng xiǎo qīng guī 無量壽禪師日用小清規. No other major works transmitted.
Per DILA A000596.
Works in the Kanripo corpus: KR6q0137 only.
name: 宗壽 pinyinName: Zōngshòu alternateNames: [] dynasty: 南宋 birthDate: deathDate: cbdbId: dilaAuthorityId:
Zōngshòu 宗壽
Southern-Sòng Chán attendant-disciple (shìzhě 侍者) of 紹曇 Xīsǒu Shàotán (d. by 1279); co-editor of both recensions of his master’s sayings — the short yǔlù (KR6q0322) and the extended guǎnglù (KR6q0323). Lifedates unrecorded. Whether identical with the above Wúliàng Zōngshòu cannot be confirmed.