Chāoyuǎn 超遠, zì Zǐsù 子肅. LínjìYángqí dharma-heir of Wénruò Xíngyíng 文弱行盈 (Lóngchí line). Born 崇禎辛未 10/18 辰時 = 1631-11-11 Gregorian; died 己巳 11/4 寅時 = 1689-12-15 Gregorian, age 59. Native of Wúwéizhōu 無為州; lay surname Zhào 趙.
Formation. At 6 tonsured at Sìmiànshān Shuǐjiéquán Chánshī 四面山水潔泉. Subsequent Liùānshān Móyúnān 六安山摩雲菴. Full precepts at 22 under Huìshān Yuán 會山元. Studied Vinaya under Huáshān Jiànyuè 華山見月. At 34 (1665) consulted Fúshān Wénruò Xíngyíng 浮山文弱行盈 with breakthrough; transmitted as 33rd-generation Línjì.
Abbacy. Huázhōu Zhōngnánshān Pánlóng gǔsì Zhèngzhídiàn 華州終南山蟠龍古寺正直殿 from 康熙十一年 = 1672/8/19. Twelve heirs including Jièyuè Huì 戒月慧, Xīnyìn Xǐ 心印璽, Kōnggǔ Yuán 空谷源, Xùnléi Míngxǐ 迅雷明喜 (compiler of 《緇門世譜》).
Work. KR6q0521 《終南山蟠龍子肅禪師語錄》 1 juan, Jiāxīng Canon J37 B396 (also 卍續藏), compiled by fǎsì Xìngmíng 性明 biān + Hǎikuò 海闊 děng lù; juan 1 xíngshí.