Yinyuan Longxi
Yinyuan Longxi (J. Ingen Ryūki 隠元隆琦) (1592–1673). Chinese Chan master and founding patriarch of the Japanese Ōbaku school.[1] He is known as Ingen Ryūki in Japan.
Yinyuan was born on December 7, 1592, in Fuqing, Fujian, during China's Ming dynasty. His father disappeared when he was five. At age 20, while searching for him, Yinyuan arrived at Mount Putuo, where he served tea to monks.[2] At 28, after the death of his mother, he was ordained as a monk at his family temple - Wanfu Temple, Mount Huangbo, Fujian.
Yinyuan's teachers there were Miyun Yuanwu and Feiyin Tongrong. In 1633 he received dharma transmission from the latter, and in 1637 served his first term as abbot. His second term as 33rd abbot of the temple began in 1646 and at this time he is credited with helping Mount Huangbo to develop into a thriving Buddhist centre.[2]
In 1654, after repeated requests of Itsunen Shoyu, he went to Nagasaki, Japan with around 30 monks and artisans, including his disciple Muyan. He founded the Ōbaku school of Zen.[3] He established the Ōbaku head temple Manpuku-ji at Uji, Kyoto in 1661.
On May 21, 1673 (Enpō 1, 5th day of the 4th month), he died at Mampuku-ji.[4]
Calligraphy
Yinyuan was a skilled calligrapher, introducing the Ming style of calligraphy to Japan.[3] Along with his disciples Muyan and Sokuhi Nyoitsu, he was one of the Ōbaku no Sanpitsu ("Three Brushes of Ōbaku"). He is known to have carried paintings by Chen Xian with him to Japan.
Notes
- ↑ Buswell & Lopez 2014, s.v. Yinyuan Longxi.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Sourced from WP article.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Ingen" in Japan encyclopedia, p. 387., p. 387, at Google Books; n.b., Louis-Frédéric is pseudonym of Louis-Frédéric Nussbaum, see Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Authority File Archived 2012-05-24 at Archive.is.
- ↑ Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du japon, p. 414., p. 414, at Google Books
Sources
Buswell, Robert E.; Lopez, Donald S. (2014), The Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism, Princeton University- Nussbaum, Louis Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005). Japan Encyclopedia. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. OCLC 48943301
- Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du Japon. Paris: Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland. OCLC 251800045; see also Imprimerie Royale de France, OCLC 311322353
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