傳法正宗記 8.3

8.3

大鑒之八世。曰韶州雲門山文偃禪師。蘇州嘉興人也。姓張氏。天性穎悟。幼不類常童。出家得戒。學經律論未幾皆通。及參訪善知識。一見睦州陳尊宿。大達宗旨。尋印可於雪峯存禪師。自是匿曜一混於眾。因南游至韶陽靈樹敏禪師法會。敏異人也。號能懸知。見偃特相器重。遂命為眾之第一座。及逝因遺書薦於廣主劉氏。命禪師繼領其所居。其後劉氏復治雲門大伽藍。遷偃居之。其聲遂大聞。四方學者歸之如水趨下。然其風教峭迅。趣道益至。今天下尚之號為雲門宗者也。其所出法嗣凡八十八人。一曰韶州白雲祥和尚者。一曰德山緣密者。一曰潭州南臺道遵者。一曰韶州雙峯竟欽者。一曰韶州資福和尚者。一曰廣州廣雲元禪師者。一曰廣州龍境倫禪師者。一曰韶州雲門爽禪師者。一曰韶州白雲聞禪師者。一曰韶州披雲智寂者。一曰韶州淨法章和尚者。一曰韶州溫門山滿禪師者。一曰岳州巴陵顥鑒者。一曰連州地藏慧慈者。一曰英州大容諲和尚者。一曰廣州羅山崇禪師者。一曰韶州雲門寶禪師者。一曰郢州臨谿竟脫者。一曰廣州華嚴慧禪師者。一曰韶州舜峯韶和尚者。一曰英州觀音和尚者。一曰韶州林泉和尚者。一曰隨州雙泉師寬者。一曰韶州雲門煦和尚者。一曰益州香林澄遠者。一曰南嶽般若啟柔者。一曰筠州黃蘗法濟者。一曰襄州洞山守初者。一曰信州康國耀和尚者。一曰潭州谷山豐禪師者。一曰穎羅漢匡果者。一曰鼎州滄谿璘和尚者。一曰筠州洞山清稟者。一曰蘄州北禪寂和尚者。一曰泐潭道謙者。一曰廬州南天王永平者。一曰湖南永安朗禪師者。一曰湖南潭明和尚者。一曰金陵清涼明禪師者。一曰金陵奉先深禪師者。一曰西川青城乘和尚者。一曰潞府妙勝臻禪師者。一曰興元普通封和尚者。一曰韶州燈峯和尚者。一曰韶州大梵圓和尚者。一曰澧州藥山圓和尚者。一曰信州鵝湖雲震和尚者。一曰廬山開先清耀者。一曰襄州奉國清海者。一曰韶州慈光和尚者。一曰潭州保安師密者。一曰洪州雲居山融禪師者。一曰衡州大聖寺守賢者。一曰廬州北天王徽禪師者。一曰郢州芭蕉山弘義者。一曰眉州福化院光禪師者。一曰廬州東天王廣慈者。一曰信州西禪欽禪師者。一曰江州廣雲真禪師者。一曰韶州雙峯慧真者。一曰雲門山法球者。一曰韶州廣悟者。一曰韶州長樂山政禪師者。一曰韶州佛陀山遠禪師者。一曰韶州鷲峯山韶禪師者。一曰韶州淨源山真禪師者。一曰韶州月華山禪師者。一曰韶州雙峯真禪師者。一曰隨州雙泉山郁禪師者。一曰慈雲山深禪師者。一曰廬州化城鑒禪師者。一曰廬山護國禪師者。一曰廬山慶雲禪師者。一曰岳州永福朗禪師者。一曰郢州趙橫山禪師者。一曰郢州纂子山菴主者。一曰廬州南天三海禪師者。一曰桂州覺華普照者。一曰益州鐵幢覺禪師者。一曰新州延長山禪師者。一曰黃龍山禪師者。一曰眉州西禪光禪師者。一曰蘄州北禪悟同者。一曰舒州天柱山禪師者。一曰韶州龍光山禪師者。一曰觀州水精院宮禪師者。一曰隋州智門山法覲者。一曰雲門山朗上座者。

In the eighth generation from Dajian: Chan Master Wenyan of Mount Yunmen in Shaozhou. He was a native of Jiaxing in Suzhou, surnamed Zhang. Naturally sharp-witted and perceptive, even as a child he was unlike ordinary youths. He left home and took the precepts, and studying the sūtras, vinaya, and treatises, before long he had mastered them all. When he traveled to visit good spiritual friends, at his first meeting with the Venerable Chen of Muzhou, he thoroughly penetrated the ancestral principle. Soon afterward, he received confirmation from Chan Master Cun of Xuefeng. From then on, he concealed his radiance and mingled unnoticed with the multitude. Later, journeying south, he came to the Dharma assembly of Chan Master Min of Lingshu in Shaoyang. Min was an extraordinary man, reputed to possess prescient knowledge. Seeing Yan, he regarded him with exceptional respect and appointed him head seat of the assembly. When [Min] passed away, he left behind a letter recommending him to the ruler of Guangzhou, of the Liu clan, who commanded the Chan master to succeed him in leading that dwelling. Later, the Liu clan further renovated the great monastery of Yunmen and moved Yan to reside there. His fame thereupon spread far and wide, and students from the four directions turned to him like water flowing downhill. Yet his manner of teaching was steep and swift, and his guidance toward the Way was ever more profound. Today, the realm esteems it, calling it the Yunmen school. There were eighty-eight Dharma heirs who issued from him: one named Upādhyāya Baiyun Xiang of Shaozhou; one named Deshan Yuanmi; one named Nantai Daozun of Tanzhou; one named Shuangfeng Jingqin of Shaozhou; one named Upādhyāya Zifu of Shaozhou; one named Chan Master Guangyun Yuan of Guangzhou; one named Chan Master Longjing Lun of Guangzhou; one named Chan Master Yunmen Shuang of Shaozhou; one named Chan Master Baiyun Wen of Shaozhou; one named Piyun Zhiji of Shaozhou; one named Upādhyāya Jingfa Zhang of Shaozhou; one named Chan Master Man of Mount Wenmen in Shaozhou; one named Baling Haojian of Yuezhou; one named Dizang Huici of Lianzhou; one named Upādhyāya Darong Yin of Yingzhou; one named Chan Master Luoshan Chong of Guangzhou; one named Chan Master Yunmen Bao of Shaozhou; one named Linxi Jingtuo of Yingzhou; one named Chan Master Huayan Hui of Guangzhou; one named Upādhyāya Shunfeng Shao of Shaozhou; one named Upādhyāya Guanyin of Yingzhou; one named Upādhyāya Linquan of Shaozhou; one named Shuangquan Shikuan of Suizhou; one named Upādhyāya Yunmen Xu of Shaozhou; one named Xianglin Chengyuan of Yizhou; one named Bore Qirou of Nanyue; one named Huangbo Faji of Junzhou; one named Dongshan Shouchu of Xiangzhou; one named Upādhyāya Kangguo Yao of Xinzhou; one named Chan Master Gushan Feng of Tanzhou; one named Luo-han Kuangguo of Ying; one named Upādhyāya Cangxi Lin of Dingzhou; one named Dongshan Qingbing of Junzhou; one named Upādhyāya Beichan Ji of Qizhou; one named Daoqian of Letan; one named Nantianwang Yongping of Luzhou; one named Chan Master Yong'an Lang of Hunan; one named Upādhyāya Tanming of Hunan; one named Chan Master Qingliang Ming of Jinling; one named Chan Master Fengxian Shen of Jinling; one named Upādhyāya Qingcheng Cheng of Xichuan; one named Chan Master Miaosheng Zhen of Lufu; one named Upādhyāya Putong Feng of Xingyuan; one named Upādhyāya Dengfeng of Shaozhou; one named Upādhyāya Dafan Yuan of Shaozhou; one named Upādhyāya Yaoshan Yuan of Lizhou; one named Upādhyāya Ehu Yunzhen of Xinzhou; one named Kaixian Qingyao of Mount Lu; one named Fengguo Qinghai of Xiangzhou; one named Upādhyāya Ciguang of Shaozhou; one named Bao'an Shimi of Tanzhou; one named Chan Master Rong of Mount Yunju in Hongzhou; one named Dashengsi Shouxian of Hengzhou; one named Chan Master Beitianwang Hui of Luzhou; one named Hongyi of Mount Bajiao in Yingzhou; one named Chan Master Fuhuayuan Guang of Meizhou; one named Dongtianwang Guangci of Luzhou; one named Chan Master Xichan Qin of Xinzhou; one named Chan Master Guangyun Zhen of Jiangzhou; one named Shuangfeng Huizhen of Shaozhou; one named Faqiu of Mount Yunmen; one named Guangwu of Shaozhou; one named Chan Master Zheng of Mount Changle in Shaozhou; one named Chan Master Yuan of Mount Fotuo in Shaozhou; one named Chan Master Shao of Mount Jiufeng in Shaozhou; one named Chan Master Zhen of Mount Jingyuan in Shaozhou; one named Chan Master Yuehuashan of Shaozhou; one named Chan Master Shuangfeng Zhen of Shaozhou; one named Chan Master Yu of Mount Shuangquan in Suizhou; one named Chan Master Shen of Mount Ciyun; one named Chan Master Huacheng Jian of Luzhou; one named Chan Master Huguo of Mount Lu; one named Chan Master Qingyun of Mount Lu; one named Chan Master Yongfu Lang of Yuezhou; one named Chan Master Zhaohengshan of Yingzhou; one named the Master of the Hermitage on Mount Zuanzi in Yingzhou; one named Chan Master Nantian Sanhai of Luzhou; one named Juehua Puzhao of Guizhou; one named Chan Master Tiezhuang Jue of Yizhou; one named Chan Master Yanchangshan of Xinzhou; one named Chan Master Huanglongshan; one named Chan Master Xichan Guang of Meizhou; one named Beichan Wutong of Qizhou; one named Chan Master Tianzhushan of Shuzhou; one named Chan Master Longguangshan of Shaozhou; one named Chan Master Gong of Shuijingyuan in Guanzhou; one named Zhimenshan Fajin of Suizhou; and one named Senior Seat Lang of Mount Yunmen.