The Influences of Yanshou’s Works on Chinul’s Kwŏnsu chŏnghye kyŏlsa mun 勧修定慧結社文

Abstract

The Koryŏ dynasty Sŏn priest Chinul 知訥 (1158–1210), in his Kwŏnsu chŏnghye kyŏlsa mun 勧修定慧結社文, cites many passages from the works of Yongming Yanshou 永明延寿 (904–976), who lived during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period. In this paper, I consider how Chinul used Yanshou’s words.

By closely investigating the quotations from Yanshou’s works, I reinforce the theory that Chinul often used words from the sūtras and commentaries as his own words.