The purpose of this study is to clarify the function, architectural composition, scale, the placement in temple, and the formation time of the
Shuryo(衆寮) in Zen Buddhism temple of
Soong and
Yuan dynasty. The historic materials used for this study are the rules(清規) and pictorial record of south
Soong dynasty(五山十刹図) of Zen Buddhism temple, analects of Zen priest. And this research brought out four important results like follow: (1) The priests had individual seat at both
Sodo(僧堂) and
Syuryo. And the
Shuryo was used for reading sutra and daily life space. (2) The
Shuryo had the court yard in the building for lighting, and supporting space in the rear for needlework, tonsure and so on. And the
Shuryo was built as same scale to the inner hall of
Sodo for admitting all priests of temple. (3) The
Shuryo was placed in the west area of temple and near to
Sodo. And in the east area, there were
Anjyado(行者堂) and
Anjyaryo(行者寮) similar to
Sodo and
Shuryo, but those were the space for ascetics who didn't became the regular priest yet. (4) The
Shuryo of Zen Buddhism temple, take the form as described above, was formatted in the north
Soong dynasty at the latest.
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