God's Assembly - Jinne (English spelling) Shén huì

Japanese: 神会 - じんね（英語表記）Shén huì

670‐762
A Chinese Zen monk from the mid-Tang dynasty. Known as Nanyang Hesho, Heze Shenhui, and Hannya Shinshu Daishi. His secular surname was Gao, and he was from Xiangyang, Hubei Province. He first studied under Shenxiu at Yuquan Temple, but then traveled to Caoxi to visit Huineng. He criticized his fellow monk Fujaku, focusing on Heze Temple in Luoyang, and promoted gradual teaching and sudden enlightenment. The establishment of Zen Buddhism, which regards Bodhidharma as its founder, was largely due to his activities. In his later years, during the An Lushan Rebellion, he widely gave precepts to Taoists and laypeople, collecting perfume money and helping the Tang dynasty's finances. His historical facts and ideas were made known through Hu Shi's Collected Works of Priest Shenhui, a Dunhuang document, marking a new beginning in the study of Zen history.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

670‐762
中国，唐代中期の禅僧。南陽和上，荷沢神会，般若真宗大師とよばれる。俗姓は高氏，湖北省襄陽の人。はじめ，玉泉寺で神秀に師事するが，曹渓に赴いて慧能に参じた。洛陽荷沢寺を中心に同門の普寂を批判して漸教とし，頓悟を唱える。達磨を初祖とする禅宗の確立は，この人の活動によるところが大きい。晩年には，安禄山の反乱に際し，広く道俗に授戒して，香水銭を集め，唐の財政を助けたこともある。敦煌文書による，胡適の《神会和尚遺集》によって，その史実と思想が知られ，禅宗史研究の新しい発端となる。

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