Yun Qi Zhū Hóng (English spelling)

Japanese: 雲棲袾宏 - うんせいしゅこう（英語表記）Yún qī zhū hóng

1535‐1615
A Chinese monk from the late Ming Dynasty. He was also known as the Master Lotus Pond. Together with Kanzan, Daguan, and Gueki, he is known as one of the Four Great Monks of the Ming Dynasty. He was from Renhe, Hangzhou (Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province). His surname was Shen, and his style name was Fuhui. He lamented the stagnation of Buddhism as it was flourishing in the era of Yangmingism, and worked to reorganize Zen and Nembutsu as sects. He lived in Yunqi, Hangzhou, and devoted himself to teaching his disciples and writing. One of the results of his work was Zenguan Zejin, a collection of poems on the unity of Zen and purity from the Song Dynasty onwards, which had a great influence on Japanese Buddhism, but he also wrote many other books, collectively known as Yunqi Fayi.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

1535‐1615
中国，明末の僧。蓮池大師ともいう。憨山（かんざん），達観，藕益（ぐうえき）とあわせ，明代の四高僧とよぶ。杭州仁和(浙江省杭州市)の人。姓は沈，字は仏恵。陽明学が栄えて，仏教が不振なのをなげき，禅と念仏を宗として再編につとめ，杭州の雲棲に住して，弟子教育と著述に専念した。宋以後の禅浄一致の句を集める《禅関策進》はその成果の一つで，日本仏教に大きい影響を与えるが，他にも著書多く，集めて《雲棲法彙》という。

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