Zōnghóng 宗宏

Mid-seventeenth-century Línjì Chán monk, dharma-heir of Sōngshān Yězhú Fúhuì 嵩山野竹福慧 in the Pòshān / Yuánliáo / Shānhuī / Fúhuì Yúnnán mission sub-line. Head recorder ( 錄) of KR6q0438 《嵩山野竹禪師錄》 (Jiāxīng Canon J29 B224). The 宗-generation character is shared with his dharma-brothers 宗上 and 宗堅仝 (co-editors of the same volume), constituting the 35th-generation Línjì tier in the Shānhuī / Fúhuì GuìYún sub-line lineage-poem. Native place, lay surname, and lifedates unrecovered.

Sources: KR6q0438 catalog-meta “lù 宗宏”.