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Hanshan Deqing (Master Cheng-yin)
One of the Four Great Monks of the Late Ming (1546–1623 CE), Chan master who synthesized Buddhism, Daoism, and Confucianism in his monumental 'Mengyou Ji'.
In a temple courtyard at dusk, a great bronze bell hangs at the right and incense smoke rises from a bronze urn; monks in orange robes and plainly dressed visitors walk toward a lamplit hall, lotus flowers bloom in a stone basin, and a gold prayer wheel stands at the left.
Also known as Deqing · Master Hanshan · Cheng-yin
Hanshan Deqing (1546–1623 CE), lay surname Cai, was one of the Four Eminent Monks of the late Ming Dynasty. Restoring the ancestral monastery of Huineng at Caoxi, he bridged Chan meditation with Pure Land practice, and authored commentaries on the Laozi and Zhuangzi, leaving the acclaimed literary corpus 'Mengyou Ji'.
Life and times
Dates 1546–1623 CE