Hongfu Ziwen 洪福子文

School: Linji | Teacher: Yuanwu Keqin

台州洪福子文禪師, a Southern Song Linji master of the Yangqi branch, 15th generation below Nanyue and a dharma heir of Yuanwu Keqin — listed among his heirs alongside Dahui Zonggao and Huqiu Shaolong. His recorded 上堂 turns on the wild-fox kōan: 「不昧不落作麼會?會得依前墮野狐。一夜涼風生畫角,滿船明月泛江湖。」

References: DILA Authority A025113 | DILA Authority A001411

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