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A Chinese Zen monk from the Song Dynasty. He belonged to the Yangqi school of the Rinzai sect. His common surname was Luo. His pen name was Muchaku. His posthumous names were Buddhaka Zenji and Shinkaku Zenji. He was born in Songning, Pengzhou (Sichuan Province). He became a monk at a young age and trained under high-ranking monks in various regions before becoming a disciple of the Five Patriarchs, Fayan (1024?-1104), and inheriting their teachings. He lived in Zhaojue Temple in Chengdu, and later moved to Blue Rock in Mount Jia, where he compiled a hundred of Xuedou Chongxian's hymns (comments on ancient rules) for his disciples. He compiled these into the 10 volumes of the Blue Rock Records, and also compiled Xuedou's commentaries on ancient stories (comments on ancient stories) into the 2 volumes of the Jie Jie Records.

[Yoshiaki Tanaka January 19, 2017]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

中国、宋(そう)代の禅僧。臨済(りんざい)宗楊岐(ようぎ)派に属する。俗姓は駱(らく)氏。字(あざな)は無著(むちゃく)。諡号(しごう)は仏果(ぶっか)禅師、真覚(しんかく)禅師。彭州(ほうしゅう)（四川(しせん)省）嵩寧(すうねい)に生まれる。幼くして出家し、各地の高僧のもとで修行したのち、五祖法演(ほうえん)（1024？―1104）の弟子となり、その法を嗣(つ)いだ。成都の昭覚寺に住し、のち夾山(きょうざん)の碧巌(へきがん)に移り、門人のために雪竇重顕(せっちょうじゅうけん)の頌古(じゅこ)（古則を主題にした頌）百則を提唱した。これを編集したのが『碧巌録(へきがんろく)』10巻であり、また雪竇拈古(ねんこ)（古人の故事の評釈）の提唱を編集したのが『撃節録(きゃくせつろく)』2巻である。

［田中良昭　2017年1月19日］

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