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玄策

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Basic Meaning: subtle plans

Senses:

  • Profound strategies. 〔後漢書, 崔駰列傳 [ctext]〕 [Charles Muller; source(s): Mathews, Hanyu]
  • Xuance (?–854). Tang period 唐代 monk from Huiji 會稽 (in present-day Zhejiang 浙江), secular name Lu 魯. As a youth he traveled extensively with his father, who was a merchant. One time, arriving to Mt. Tiantai 天台山， he attended a lecture on the Suvarṇa-prabhāsa-sūtra 光明會， where he witnessed a huge crowd of people paying obeisance. After this he entered the saṃgha under the guidance of Zhiguang 智廣 at Chanlinsi 禪林寺. Later on, when visiting Mazu Daoyi 馬祖道一， he experienced a sudden awakening. He is posthumously titled Yuanji 圓寂. 〔宋高僧傳, 六祖壇經 T 2008.48.357c2〕 [Charles Muller; source(s): ZGDJT, FGD]
  • Dongyang Xuance 東陽玄策, also of Zhejiang 浙江, who lives approximately a century earlier. Mentioned in accounts of Yongjia Xuanjue 永嘉玄覺 as a companion who traveled together to receive instruction from the Chan patriarch Huineng 慧應. [Charles Muller]
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    Zengaku daijiten (Komazawa U.) 0282d

    Fo Guang Dictionary 2031

    Ding Fubao {Digital Version}

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    Entry created: 2019-04-28

    Updated: 2019-05-19