摘要
贵阳黔灵山是驰名西南的佛教名山 ,它的开发得助于赤松和尚。赤松乃清初贵州临济禅宗高僧 ,自幼入黔 ,弱冠出家 ,悟西来意 ,得临济法 ,开发黔灵山 ,创建弘福寺 ,大建道场 ,阐扬禅宗 ,与地方宰官、文人名士交相往还 ,共参“教外别传”之旨 ,遂使黔灵山佛教传响海内 ,弘福寺成为贵州乃至西南的著名十方丛林。又续佛慧命 ,上接天童 ,下开黔灵 ,使弘福寺临济法脉代代相传 ,历经十余代而至民国末年 ,这在贵州佛教史上可谓独具独色 。
Mount Qian Ling, known in the Southwest China, as a famous mountain of Buddhism, owes its development to monk Chi Song, who, early in the Ching dynasty, came to Guizhou in his childhood, became a monk around 20, thus getting conscious of the aim of the Chan sect. After that he began to open up the Qian Ling Mountain by establishing the Hong Fu temple in which the Buddhist rites were performed and Buddhism was preached, and often exchanged visits with the local official, scholars and other noted personality. Consequently Mount Qian Ling became a famous mountain of Buddhism and the Hong Fu Temple established its fame as a major temple in Guiyang and even in the southwest of China. Under his influence, the Lin Ji Sect of the Hong Fu Temple was passed down for a dozen generations to the late period of the Republic of China, which is considered rare and unique in the Buddhist history of China.
