淨新

Jìngxīn 淨新 (Dàdǐng Jìngxīn 大鼎淨新)

Late-Míng / early-Qīng Cáodòng Chán monk. Hào Dàdǐng 大鼎. Dharma-heir of Shíyǔ Míngfāng 石雨明方 (1593–1648); fellow-disciple of Yuǎnmén Jìngzhù 遠門淨柱 and a continuing figure in the late-Míng Cáodòng revival around the Yúnménsì 雲門寺 cluster in Zhèjiāng. Lifedates not recorded in the materials examined.

Sources: Shíyǔ chánshī fǎ tán KR6q0201 juan 20 (行狀 by Jìngzhù) lists Jìngxīn among the named dharma-heirs of Míngfāng.