Nanyue Huaijo - Nanyue Huaijo

A Zen monk in the early Tang Dynasty in China. His posthumous name was Zen Master Daie. He was from Jinzhou (Shandong Province) and is said to have had a miraculous event at the time of his birth. At the age of 15, he became a monk under Master Hongjing (634-712) of the Gyokusen Temple in Jingzhou (Hubei Province) and studied the Vinaya. He visited Huian on Mount Songshan and attained enlightenment. He then went to Caoxi and studied under the sixth Zen patriarch, Huineng, and inherited the teachings. In 713 (Senten 2), he lived at the Prajna Temple on Nanyue. During the Kaiyuan era (713-741), Mazu Daoyi succeeded him, and his lineage later flourished in Jiangxi and later developed into the Linji and Huigyo sects. His lineage, along with that of Seigengyosi (the sixth patriarch Huineng - Sekitou Xichan - Seigengyosi), is an important part of the Southern Zen sect, which is the mainstream of Chinese Zen. He died on August 11, 744 (Tianbao 3). His writings include the one-volume "Sayings of Zen Master Nanyue Dahui."

[Hiroo Shiina April 18, 2017]

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中国、唐代初期の禅僧。諡号(しごう)は大慧禅師(だいえぜんじ)。金州(きんしゅう)（山東省）の出身で、生まれたときに奇瑞(きずい)があったという。15歳で荊州(けいしゅう)（湖北省）玉泉寺(ぎょくせんじ)の弘景(こうけい)（634―712）律師のもとで出家し、律蔵を学んだ。嵩山(すうざん)の慧安(えあん)に参じて大悟し、そののち曹渓(そうけい)へ行き、禅宗第六祖の慧能(えのう)に師事して法を嗣(つ)いだ。713年（先天2）南岳の般若寺(はんにゃじ)に居住した。開元年中（713～741）に馬祖道一(ばそどういつ)が彼の法を嗣ぎ、その法系がのちに江西を中心に盛んとなり、のち臨済(りんざい)宗、潙仰(いぎょう)宗などの宗派に発達した。また彼の法系は、青原行思(せいげんぎょうし)の法系（第六祖慧能―石頭希遷(せきとうきせん)―青原行思）とともに中国禅の主流をなす南宗(なんしゅう)禅の重要な立場にある。744年（天宝3）8月11日に没した。著述に『南岳大慧禅師語録』1巻がある。

［椎名宏雄　2017年4月18日］

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