Daguang Juhui
Daguang Juhui
837 – 903
Daguang Juhui (大光居誨, 837–903) is recorded in the *Jǐngdé Chuándēng Lù* as a Dharma heir of Shishuang Qingzhu and one of the lesser-attested teachers of the late-Tang Yaoshan / Qingyuan-line stream[1]. He taught in the Tan-zhou region of modern Hunan, where Shishuang's "withered-tree hall" practice was being carried forward by a small number of successors[2].
Few of his sayings are preserved beyond what the lamp records compile; the modern scholarly view, following Yanagida Seizan and others, is that masters like Daguang represent the bulk of the late-Tang Chan population — local teachers anchoring the spread of the new monastic culture rather than figures who themselves generate canonical koan literature[3].
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Teachers and lineage of Daguang Juhui
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Teachings
- dialogueDaguang's Laughing
A monk asked Daguang, "A master of dance has finished her performance. Where has she gone?" Daguang said, "Spring breeze has not yet warmed enough." The monk pressed, "When does spring breeze warm enough?" Daguang said, "The hibiscus at Shoshan." The monk said, "I don't understand." Daguang laughed out loud. Yunmen commented: "One laugh from Daguang contains a thousand teachings. But where in the laugh do the teachings live?"
- dialogueMeeting Xuefeng
When Daguang Juhui first came to Xuefeng, Xuefeng asked him, "Where have you come from?" Daguang said, "From the south." Xuefeng said, "What teaching is going on in the south?" Daguang made a gesture of spreading his hands. Xuefeng said, "That is what goes on here too." Daguang bowed. Xuefeng said, "What are you bowing for?" Daguang said, "I am thanking the teacher for the gracious teaching."
Other masters in Qingyuan line
Master Record Sources
837-903
Daguang Juhui
Qingyuan line
- koan_refsChart of the Chan Ancestors
93
- nameZen Editorial Overlay - Originals Curation
Daguang Juhui
- teachersZen Editorial Overlay - Originals Curation
Shishuang Qingzhu