Yutai Temple abbot generation

Yutai Temple in Guifeng is said to be an ancient Buddhist temple built in the Tang Dynasty, with a history of 1000 years. According to local records, the abbot monks mainly include Huang Yun Temple Yuan Zen Master in the Tang Dynasty, Deyun in the Song Dynasty, Huaihai and Wen Ding in the Ming Dynasty, Kirin and Hongfeng in the Qing Dynasty, Shi Zhi and Ciyun in the Republic of China and other masters. It is said that the abbot of the temple is "a generation of thirty and ten years old", which has been passed down from generation to generation; Ciyun is the abbot of 4 1 generation and 127 generation. Lin Zhenyu, a student from Xinhui No.1 Middle School, found a large tomb of monks and nuns under Yutai Temple. After observation, these tower tombs are roughly the same as the laity tombs, but they are called "towers" in the tombstones. From the inscriptions, we found some clues to the life and generation of the abbot of Yutai Temple. For example, one of them is engraved with the words: "Six-generation and Three-generation Pagoda of Yutai Temple in Guifeng, Zhi Lin Pagoda", "Born in May of the New Ugly Year of Kangxi (172 1)", and finally it is the year of Qianlong and Jihai (1779). The other tombstone, which has been moved to the temple, is engraved with the names of two other old mages and the following words: "Chengzhaiyin Old Monk Tower, 16th and 13th generation Yutai abbot" and "Six years of Daoguang (1826) Ji Chun Hitachi".

In modern Chinese, the meanings of "Shi" and "Dai" handed down from generation to generation are roughly the same, which means handed down from generation to generation. But from the inscriptions, the "world" and "generation" of Yutai Temple are strictly separated. From the analysis of the above inscriptions, it can be seen that the disciples of the same generation are the same generation, and monks also have word schools (word generations), similar to the "world" of laity fathers and sons. "Generation" means inheritance, inheritance and inheritance. The age of the above inscriptions is the same as that of today's leaders. The sixth and thirteenth abbots are the sixth and thirteenth abbots. By that time, the first three generations of Yutai Temple had six abbots, and the sixth generation had 13 abbots, with an average of more than two generations in each generation, indicating that two or more of them were often the same generation. This is similar to the "Thirteen Emperors and Eighteen Emperors" in Song Dynasty. Zhezong and Hui Zong are contemporaries, Qinzong and Gaozong are contemporaries, and Gongzong, Duanzong and Dimin are contemporaries. It can be seen that the "world" and "generation" of Yutai Temple are naturally arranged, which is not equivalent to the "thirty years of saying" world "in ancient books. This not only records the abbot's "appointment" order, but also fully reflects the generational order.

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The temple has been abandoned many times in history: it was built in the Tang Dynasty and abandoned at the end of the Yuan Dynasty; In the 14th year of Ming Dynasty (1449), monks rebuilt the sea, and the next season was destroyed by bandits. In the 12th year of Shunzhi (1655), the old monk's residence was built on the ancient site, and in the 22nd year of Kangxi (1683), the monk Hongfeng came from Dinghu to revive and rebuild. Two of them were obviously rebuilt after being abandoned for a long time, and the history was out of touch, and the inherited data did not exist. There may also be different sects before and after. In addition, the year when the temple was first built and its founder were handed down from generation to generation. Judging from these objects, this "world" and "generation" began to be calculated after the temple was rebuilt in the Qing Dynasty. In fact, at that time, it could only be regarded as another life after the revival in the early Qing Dynasty, not from the Tang Dynasty. From this point of view, the so-called Shi Ciyun is the abbot of 4 1 generation and127th generation. Obviously, it is based on the legend that a monk acted as the founder, and is calculated according to the "thirties", which is inconsistent with these inscriptions.

It is worth noting that there is also a scattered tombstone engraved with "Yutai Temple abbot worships the old monk's tower" and "Guangxu Shen Jianian (Guangxu Decade, 1884)", which has no age and is simple and unpretentious. According to Li Bikui's Preface to Rebuild Yunfeng Temple Donation, Yutai and Yunfeng Temple successively fell during the Xianfeng period. According to the records of tourists' poems in the seventh year of Tongzhi (1868), Yutai Temple was dilapidated and decadent at that time. Later, in the 10th year of Guangxu (1884), Pengjun Valley was rebuilt. During this period, people thought that there was a time when monks in temples were scattered and lacked information. When the abbot arrived, his generation could not last for some time.

Yutai Temple is a Zen Temple. The newly compiled county annals said: "Xinhui Buddhism belongs to the authentic Lin Ji of Nanchan, the sixth ancestor." Among the five independent schools, Lin Ji School, Cao Dong School, Yunmen School, Luyang School and Fayan School, Lin Ji School has the greatest influence and the longest duration in Lingnan Zen culture. Today, all the monks in Yutai Temple belong to this sect. Are these old wizards also from this sect? I'm not sure yet, because the old couplets in the temple have the word "Cao Dong". The 280 years from the restoration of Shunzhi Temple in Qing Dynasty to the demolition of 1939 by Japanese invaders should be the longest stable period in history. These tower tombs provide valuable information for studying and understanding the history of Yutai Temple.