The Patriarch’s Hall Anthology(Zutang Ji祖堂集),is a work written in the style of“Lamp Records(灯录)”and maintains a deep connection with Xuefeng’s lineage(雪峰系)of Shitou Sect(石头宗).It therefore has obvious se...The Patriarch’s Hall Anthology(Zutang Ji祖堂集),is a work written in the style of“Lamp Records(灯录)”and maintains a deep connection with Xuefeng’s lineage(雪峰系)of Shitou Sect(石头宗).It therefore has obvious sectarian tendencies.In terms of the Dharma inheritance,the Patriarch’s Hall Anthology is dedicated to constructing an exclusive lineage of the Dharma transmission and establishing Shitou Sect as the direct line of transmission of the Sixth Patriarch Huineng.In terms of the image of the founder,the Patriarch’s Hall Anthology makes use of the literary methods of fictionalization and dichotomy to portray Shitou Xiqian(石头希迁)as the legitimate successor to the“treasury of the true Dharma-eye(正法眼藏).”In terms of Chan ideology,the Patriarch’s Hall Anthology,through criticizing Mazu’s Chan teaching that“the mind is precisely the Buddha(即心即佛),”established Shitou Sect as the true inheritor of the spirit of the Tathāgatagarbha(Rulaizang如来藏).It is through these three aspects that the Patriarch’s Hall Anthology consciously and systematically highlights the orthodox position of Shitou Sect in the Southern School of Chan.展开更多
基金“The Social Life History of Monks in Chinese Buddhism,”a 2017 Major Program of the National Social Science Foundation of China(Grant Number 17ZDA233)
文摘The Patriarch’s Hall Anthology(Zutang Ji祖堂集),is a work written in the style of“Lamp Records(灯录)”and maintains a deep connection with Xuefeng’s lineage(雪峰系)of Shitou Sect(石头宗).It therefore has obvious sectarian tendencies.In terms of the Dharma inheritance,the Patriarch’s Hall Anthology is dedicated to constructing an exclusive lineage of the Dharma transmission and establishing Shitou Sect as the direct line of transmission of the Sixth Patriarch Huineng.In terms of the image of the founder,the Patriarch’s Hall Anthology makes use of the literary methods of fictionalization and dichotomy to portray Shitou Xiqian(石头希迁)as the legitimate successor to the“treasury of the true Dharma-eye(正法眼藏).”In terms of Chan ideology,the Patriarch’s Hall Anthology,through criticizing Mazu’s Chan teaching that“the mind is precisely the Buddha(即心即佛),”established Shitou Sect as the true inheritor of the spirit of the Tathāgatagarbha(Rulaizang如来藏).It is through these three aspects that the Patriarch’s Hall Anthology consciously and systematically highlights the orthodox position of Shitou Sect in the Southern School of Chan.
