Yunmen Wenyan
Yunmen Wenyan (J. Unmon Bun’en; K. Unmun Munŏn 雲門文偃) (864–949). A Chinese Chan master and founder of the Yunmen zong, one of the so-called five houses of Chan of the classical Chinese Chan tradition.[1]
Yunmen was originally from Jiaxing in present-day Zhejiang province.[1][2] He was ordained at the age of sixteen by the Vinaya master Zhideng.[1] After studying the Vinaya for several years, then studied Chan, first under the Chan master Muzhou (睦州) and then with Xuefeng Yicun.[1][2]
When Xuefeng Yicun died, Yunmen began travelling and visited other Chan masters throughout the country.[1] Yunmen eventually joined (c. 911 CE) the monastery of Lingshu Rumin, and studied with him until Lingshu's death in 918 CE. Yunmen then succeeded Lingshu as head priest of the Lingshu monastery on Mount Lingshu.[1]
Later, he established his own temple at Mount Yunmen where he resided for 30 years and gathered many disciples.[1][2]
- He was posthumously titled Kuangzhen chanshi 匡眞禪師 and Daciyun Kuangzhen Hongming chanshi 大慈雲匡眞弘明禪師. Among his eminent disciples were Shixing 實性, Yuanming 圓明, Mingjiao 明教, Daoqian 道謙, Zhiji 智寂, and Yishao 義韶. The core of his teachings are preserved in the Yunmen Heshang guanglu 雲門和尙廣錄 (full title Yunmen kuangzhen chanshi guanglu 雲門匡眞禪師廣錄), but are also found scattered throughout Song Chinese Chan literature. Some of his works have been translated by Urs App in Master Yunmen (Kodansha). [Charles Muller; source(s): Iwanami, Yokoi, FGD][2]
The Yunmen school would later be regarded as one of the Five Houses and Seven Schools (Wujia Qizong 五家七宗) of Chinese Chan.[2]
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Robert E. Buswell Jr., Donald S. Lopez Jr., The Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism (Princeton: 2014), s.v. Yunmen Wenyan
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4
雲門文偃, Digital Dictionary of Buddhism (to sign in, see DDB sign-in)
External links
Yunmen Wenyan, Wikipedia
