Yungai Zhiyong 雲蓋智顒

School: Yunmen | Teacher: Wuzu Shijie

Northern Song Yunmen-house master, 潭州雲蓋山智顒禪師 (his name also written 志顒). One of the forty dharma-heirs of Wuzu Shijie recorded in the 建中靖國續燈錄. The lamp preserves his hall-address in which he surveyed the assembly, gave a shout, and pressed them with the Linji categories — 「莫是賓主歷然麼?莫是先照後用麼?莫是照用同時麼?」 (Is this host and guest plainly distinct? Illumination first then function? Illumination and function at once?). He left two dharma-heirs.

References: DILA Authority

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