Hanshan Deqing

Hanshan Deqing
Hānshān Déqīng
Chinese woodblock illustration of Hanshan Deqing
Monastic and Abbot
Personal
Born5 November 1546
Quanjiao, Nanzhili Province (now modern Anhui Province)
Died5 November 1623
Resting placeNanhua Temple, Caoxi, Guangdong Province
ReligionBuddhism
NationalityChinese
ParentFather: Cai Yen Gao
EraMing Dynasty
RegionJiangnan
SectChan and Pure Land
Dharma namesDeqing (formerly Cheng Yin)

Hānshān Déqīng (traditional Chinese: 憨山德清, Wade Giles: Han-Shan Te-Ch’ing, "Crazy Mountain, Virtuous Clarity", c. 1546–1623), was a leading Buddhist monk and poet of the late Ming dynasty China.[1][2][3] He was also posthumously named Hongjue chanshi (弘覺大師). Hanshan was known for studying and teaching Pure Land, Huayan and Chán Buddhism.[3] He is known as one of the four great masters of the Wanli Era Ming Dynasty,[4] along with Yunqi Zhuhong (1535–1613) and Zibo Zhenke (1543–1603) both of whom he knew personally. He also wrote their biographies after their deaths.[5]

Hanshan has remained an influential figure in Chinese Chan Buddhism down to the twentieth century. His works are widely printed and published in various editions. His teachings were most recently promoted by modern figures like Xuyun (1840?-1959) and his disciple Charles Luk (1898–1978).[6]

  1. ^ Buswell Jr.; Lopez Jr. (2013) The Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism, p. 344. Princeton University Press.
  2. ^ Hsu Sung-Peng (1979), p. ix.
  3. ^ a b Hsu Sung-Peng (1979), p. 1.
  4. ^ McGuire, Beverley Foulks (2014). Living Karma: The Religious Practices of Ouyi Zhixu, p. 2. Columbia University Press.
  5. ^ Hsu, Sung-peng (1979). A Buddhist leader in Ming China : the life and thought of Han-shan Te-chʻing. Pennsylvania State University Press. pp. 11–104. ISBN 0-271-00542-4. OCLC 1006465607.
  6. ^ Hsu Sung-Peng (1979), p. 2.

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