Publish Date:2017-01-04
Fuyu (1203~1275), also named Xueting, was a well-known Chan master of Caodong Sect of the early Yuan Dynasty (1206-1368). He was born in Wenshui County, Hebei Province with the original surname Zhang. Fuyu started schooling at nine and had a mind of great capacity, thus was called “Saint Child” by the folks. After receiving the torture at 21, he studied Buddhism in Yanjing (modern Peking) under Wansong Xingxiu, a master of Caodong, for ten years, and made great achievements in Buddhist philosophy as well as in fame. Later he succeeded Wansong as the head of Caodong Sect. In 1245, Fuyu was appointed by the first Emperor of the Yuan Dynasty, Kublai Khan as the abbot of Shaolin Temple before the former took the throne; and in 1248, he was called in the court palace by Emperor Xianzong of the Yuan Dynasty, the grandson of Kublai Khan, and was granted the highest post among monks to take in charge of Buddhism all over the country.
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