Chujin - Loyalty

Japanese: 忠尋 - ちゅうじん

Year of death: 14th October 1138 (18th November 1138)
Year of birth: 1065
A Tendai Buddhist monk in the late Heian period. Son of Tosa no Kami Minamoto no Tadasue. Early in the Joho era (1074-77), he became a monk at Mount Hiei and studied under Kakujin, Chogo, and Ryosuke. He rose to prominence as he served as a lecturer and leader at many ceremonies held by the Imperial Court, Imperial Court officials, and aristocrats. In 1130, he became the 46th head priest of Tendai, and in February of the following year, he presented the Enryakuji Kisho Rokukajoji (included in Chono Gunzai 3) to the temple's followers, warning them against seeking fame without substance. In 1137, he became Daisozu. There are many books that are said to have been selected by Chujin, but many, including the Kanko Ruiju, have been borrowed by later generations. <References> Okubo Ryojun, "Kanko Ruiju" (Commentary on "Tendai Hongakuron," Volume 9 of the Nihon Shiso Taikei)

(Mitsuhashi Tadashi)

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Japanese:

没年：保延4.10.14(1138.11.18)
生年：治暦1(1065)
平安後期の天台宗の僧。土佐守源忠季の子。承保年間(1074～77)初めに比叡山で出家,覚尋,長豪,良祐らに師事した。朝廷,院,貴族が行う法会の講師や導師を多く勤めるなかで栄進していく。大治5(1130)年に天台座主(第46世)となり,翌年2月に「延暦寺起請六箇条事」(『朝野群載』3所収)を山門の衆徒に示し,内容もなく名誉を得ようとすることなどを戒める。保延3(1137)年に大僧正となる。忠尋選とされる書は多いが,『漢光類聚』をはじめ後人によって仮託されたものも少なくない。<参考文献>大久保良順「漢光類聚」(『日本思想大系』9巻「天台本覚論」解説)

(三橋正)

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