Shumitsu

A monk from the Tang Dynasty in China. The fifth patriarch of the Huayan sect. His posthumous name was Zen Master Joue. He was known as Keiho Zongmi, Sodo Zen Master, and Keizan Daishi, depending on where he lived. His common surname was He. He was from Xichong, Guozhou (Sichuan Province). He studied Confucianism in his youth, and was well versed in both Confucianism and Taoism. He wrote "A Treatise on the Primitive Man." After encountering the "Engakukyo," he wrote various commentaries on the "Engakukyo" and completed his research on the text. He also claimed to belong to the Kasuga sect, whose founder was Kasuga Shinhoe, and clearly distinguished the Northern, Gozu, and Hongshu sects within Zen Buddhism, writing "Zengen Shosen Shutojo" and "Pei Xiu Shiyimon." He learned the Huayan teachings from Chengguan (the fourth patriarch of the Huayan sect), and integrated Zen and Huayan to form the theory of the unity of teaching and Zen.

[Shigeo Kamata February 16, 2017]

"A Study of the Intellectual History of Esoteric Buddhism by Shigeo Kamata (1975, University of Tokyo Press)"

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中国、唐代の僧。華厳(けごん)宗第五祖。諡号(しごう)は定慧禅師(じょうえぜんじ)。住持地より圭峰(けいほう)宗密、草堂(そうどう)禅師、圭山(けいざん)大師とよばれる。俗姓は何(か)氏。果州（四川(しせん)省）西充の人。少年時代に儒学を学び、儒教・道教の二教に通じて、『原人論(げんにんろん)』を著した。『円覚経(えんがくきょう)』との出会いにより諸注釈書を著して『円覚経』研究を完成した。また、荷沢神会(かたくじんね)を派祖とする荷沢宗に属することを主張して、禅宗内の北宗、牛頭(ごず)宗、洪州(こうしゅう)宗の区別を明確にし、『禅源諸詮集都序(ぜんげんしょせんしゅうとじょ)』『裴休拾遺問(はいきゅうしゅういもん)』を著した。澄観(ちょうかん)（華厳宗第四祖）に華厳教学を受けて、禅と華厳とを統合して教禅一致説を形成した。

［鎌田茂雄　2017年2月16日］

『鎌田茂雄著『宗密教学の思想史的研究』（1975・東京大学出版会）』

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