Changqing Huileng

Changqing Huileng was a student of Xuefeng Yicun who practiced with great determination for many years before his awakening. According to the transmission records, he wore out seven meditation cushions during his training, a detail that became proverbial in Chan literature for patient and sustained effort. His awakening finally occurred when he tried to roll up a bamboo blind and saw the outside world with fresh eyes—an experience he expressed in the verse: "How wrong, how wrong! Roll up the blind and see the world."

Changqing was a Dharma brother of Yunmen Wenyan and Xuansha Shibei, the three being among the most prominent students of Xuefeng. He established a community at Changqing Temple in Fujian where he taught for many years. His teaching emphasized the gradual ripening of practice that culminates in a sudden flash of insight—a perspective shaped by his own long years of diligent sitting.