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Hanshan Deqing | |
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Hānshān Déqīng | |
 Chinese woodblock illustration of Hanshan Deqing | |
| Monastic and Abbot | |
| Personal life | |
| Born | 5 November 1546 |
| Died | 5 November 1623 |
| Resting place | Nanhua Temple, Caoxi, Guangdong Province |
| Nationality | Chinese |
| Parent | Father: Cai Yen Gao |
| Era | Ming Dynasty |
| Region | Jiangnan |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Buddhism |
| Sect | Chan and Pure Land |
| Dharma names | Deqing (formerly Cheng Yin) |
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Hānshān Déqīng (traditional Chinese: 憨山德清, Wade Giles: Han-Shan Te-Ch’ing, "Crazy Mountain, Virtuous Clarity", c. 1546–1623), was a leading Buddhist monk and poet of the late Ming dynasty China.[1][2][3] He was also posthumously named Hongjue chanshi (弘覺大師). Hanshan was known for studying and teaching Pure Land, Huayan and Chán Buddhism.[3] He is known as one of the four great masters of the Wanli Era Ming Dynasty,[4] along with Yunqi Zhuhong (1535–1613) and Zibo Zhenke (1543–1603) both of whom he knew personally. He also wrote their biographies after their deaths.[5]
Hanshan has remained an influential figure in Chinese Chan Buddhism down to the twentieth century. His works are widely printed and published in various editions. His teachings were most recently promoted by modern figures like Xuyun (1840?-1959) and his disciple Charles Luk (1898–1978).[6]
- ^ Buswell Jr.; Lopez Jr. (2013) The Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism, p. 344. Princeton University Press.
- ^ Hsu Sung-Peng (1979), p. ix.
- ^ a b Hsu Sung-Peng (1979), p. 1.
- ^ McGuire, Beverley Foulks (2014). Living Karma: The Religious Practices of Ouyi Zhixu, p. 2. Columbia University Press.
- ^ Hsu, Sung-peng (1979). A Buddhist leader in Ming China : the life and thought of Han-shan Te-chʻing. Pennsylvania State University Press. pp. 11–104. ISBN 0-271-00542-4. OCLC 1006465607.
- ^ Hsu Sung-Peng (1979), p. 2.