Yuan-dynasty Linji (Yangqi) master (1292-1357), 寧波府育王雪窗悟光禪師, styled Gongshi 公寔 and known as Xuechuang 雪窗 ('Snow Window'). Surname Yang 楊. He studied the doctrinal teachings at Tianwang monastery and was ordained by Liaochong, then went to Jingci to call on Dongyu Dehai, whose dharma he inherited. He opened the hall at Baima monastery in Pingjiang in Zhishun 1 (1330), took Kaiyuan in Yuantong 1 (1333), and went on to Ayuwang and Tiantong. In the Zhizheng era he received the title 佛日圓明普濟禪師. He wrote the 四會錄, for which Song Lian supplied the preface, and left fourteen dharma-heirs.
References: DILA Authority A007296
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