Qinggong

Zen master Qinggong

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Qing Gong Zen master (1272-1352) was a monk of Yuan Dynasty and the 19th Zen master of linjizong.

Life of the characters

Shiwu Qinggong (1272-1352) is an eminent monk of Yuan Dynasty and the 19th Zen master of Linji sect. He is from Changshu, Jiangsu Province. the common surname is Wen, which means stone house. He was born in 1272 in the eighth year of Xianchun in the Southern Song Dynasty and died in 1352 in the twelfth year of Zhizheng in the Yuan Dynasty. He lived 81 years. Huzhou Daochang temple and Anxin Buddhist master's successor. He became a monk in Suzhou, where he was the founder of Chongfu temple. After losing her hair at the age of 20, she was given a full ring at the age of 23. The first visit to Tianmu peak, the original wonderful Zen master, after three years. After six years, he became the father of monk Gaofeng and the Buddhist monk Anxin. It was highly valued by Zen master Ji Anxin, and was once known as the "golden scale in the sea of Dharma". During the reign of emperor Shunzong of the Yuan Dynasty, he issued an imperial edict to grant golden cassock. After frequent access to Wuyue, carry forward the Zen style, and form a good relationship. He was invited to live in Fuyuan temple in Danghu (now the east gate of Pinghu in Zhejiang Province) and retreated to xitianhu (another name of Huzhou in Zhejiang Province) for more than 40 years. He got sick in 1352, and said goodbye to the public in the middle of the night. When his disciples asked for instructions on how to deal with the affairs after his death, he immediately chanted a verse, which said, "there is no smelly corpse on the green hill, but if you die, you still have to dig the ground and bury it. I don't have samadhi fire. I'm a pile of firewood. " (deathbed verse)

Historical status

Shiwu Qinggong, as a great master of Cao Dongzong, plays an important role in the history of Chinese Zen. Japanese scholars call him "the immortal among monks", and his teachers and Buddhist nuns call him "the golden scale in the sea of Dharma". His Zen thought is broad and profound, and has a rich system, which mainly includes: the mind is as true as the state; the Buddha's mind is the hermit thought of the mind, the hermit thought of retreat and leisure; the anti wisdom thought of judgment, knowing and seeing without wisdom; the thought of forgetting the body for the Dharma, and the thought of promoting the Dharma and benefiting the life for the masses. Qing Gong's strong point is to know and see deeply, to promote Cao Dong's stable family style, to worship the mountains and forests in life and to become a generation of Buddhist hermits, and to make great achievements in poetry creation, especially in Shanju poetry.

work

His works include: Shiwu Qinggong's mountain dwelling poems, Shiwu Qinghong's quotations and Shiwu Gong's poetry collection. In addition, 25 Qing Gong's poems are recorded in the collection of ancient and modern Chan Zao, while 33 and 12 are recorded in the selected poems of Yuan Dynasty and the Poetry Society of song and Yuan Dynasty respectively.

Anecdotes and allusions

Qing Gong had a disciple Pu Yu Tai Gu, a Korean. At the beginning of July in 1347, Puyu Taigu left Daguan temple in Yanjing (now Beijing) to visit Qinggong at xiawu mountain in Huzhou. Puyu Taigu left on the first day of August, 15 days after seeking the Dharma, and took away his cassock and Zen staff, which was "the seal of Mongolian teaching and the letter of Yi Fa". After returning home, Pu Yu was respected as a national teacher by the king of Korea. He often talked about master Qinggong's virtue in front of the king of Korea. The king of Korea admired him very much. After the death of Qing Gong, the king of Koryo went to the imperial court and gave him the title of "Buddhist monk huizhao". He moved to Jiangsu and Zhejiang Province. Master Pingshan of Jingci Temple went to Tianhu to take half of master Qinggong's relics and sent them to Koryo to build a tower in Koryo for worship. This matter is described in detail in Shi Yuanxu's biography.

Poetry appreciation

My family lives in the west of Peixi, where the water is all over the lake and the moon is all over the river. Not to the end of the mountain precipitous, had come to know the height of the road. The wall of cochlea saliva is stained with dry shell, and the tiger passes through the rain mud with new hoof print. Idle closed chaimen, spring day forever, qingtonghua hair painting Hu ti. Although the chaimen gate has not been closed yet, you can still see the birds in leisure. It is easy for a ruler to find a stone, but hard for gold to buy. When the snow disappears, you can see the cold waterfall on the Xiaozhang mountain, and when the leaves fall, you can see the distant mountains in the autumn forest. The smoke of ancient cypress vanishes, and the day lasts forever. - in Shanju, when we meet, we say that the world is hard, and we ask the nunnery for trouble. Apart from Yuanming Fu, no one is willing to retire. ——"Leisure chant" says that people should be thrifty if they are not tired of speaking, but not greedy if they have limited time. The old monk is not idle, as long as all people put it down. In the song in the mountains, the wind masts come and go to the cold Guantang, the horses are flying, busy day and night. He was greedy for honor and official career, and he was greedy for wealth and business. The world is rich for a while, but hell is bitter for a long time. Since ancient times, there has been no medicine, so how can we not go to practice early. How many people think about it in Xianyong? I've bowed down, but I don't understand. Life and death are really dangerous. I set the line for women's tears, rice and jade grain for farmers' fat. Mo Yan's giving and receiving have no cause and effect, because sometimes it comes to the end. Why worry in advance in Ming Dynasty. Death, life, old age and illness are hard to make an appointment, and wealth and fame will soon remain. On the lake, the vermilion gate lingers over the grass, and the path by the stream turns into a barren hill. All that has been said is at present, but no one is willing to turn around. - chanting in the mountains deep in the clouds, it doesn't face the sky, it's only near the water of Chongyan field. Bamboo couch dream back window moon, casserole porridge cooked stove smoke-free. Wanyuan rest is not his task, a nature is natural. Zhanruo void often does not move, let his sea into mulberry field. - Leisure chant a hundred years of leisure in the sun and the moon, 80000 dust, quiet place to disappear. The green water is shining, the mountain shadow is turning, and the snowflakes are floating on the red flame. - "chanting in the mountains" is intended to seek truth and turn it far away, but there are still many cases in which one's heart is bent on breaking the false. Taoism is a kind of peaceful place, with the moon in the sky and the shadow in the waves. - "chanting in the mountains" - don't avoid the sword and gun, fight with him to death. When Zhao Zhou pass is broken, Da Qian will surrender everywhere. - chanting in the mountains walking on the green Cen with a stick out of the pine forest. Hequn chonghu scattered, tree shadow down stream sink. It is difficult to pick wild fruit spines, but easy to find herbs. Danyan oblique sunset, red half rock Yin. Chanting in the mountains: when you climb xiafeng on a sunny day, you are very happy with your eyebrows. Taihu Lake is white, and Dongting Lake is clear. In the beginning, I suspect that the fairy begins to string up the horn, and the blue yarn hat is uneven. Also suspected that the daughter of heaven to offer flowers, jade plate holding double hibiscus. Knowing that this situation is illusory, the leisurely heart is not over. Wandering can not bear to go back, the setting sun and the mountain pine. In dengxiawu mountain, the Taoist is worried about everything, and his eyes are the light of his heart. Where the peach is, the river is full of fragrance. The grass is deep and the snake is happy. The sun is warm and the butterfly is mad. Once saw Qiao Weng to say, cloud edge Pei study. Chanting in the mountains. Several red and white peach and plum trees, a green and yellow vegetable wheat field. The bamboo couch moves at night, listening to the rain sitting, the paper window is clear, watching the cloud sleep. There is no leisure in life. It is no accident to get leisure. "Singing in the mountains"

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