This article introduces eight rare texts which exist as unique copies held in the Beijing National Library, the Shanghai Library, the sutra repository(zangjinglou 藏經樓) of Xiyuan si 西園寺 in Suzhou, and the Changshu 常熟 Library. Published in the Ming and Qing dynasties, these works have long been out of general circulation. They contain important information on Chan masters of the Sanfeng 三峯 (three peaks) tradition. The first seven texts are works or recorded sayings belonging to the Sanfeng Chan masters, and the last one is a temple gazetteer of Sanfeng qingliang si 三峯清涼寺 in Changshu. The eight texts are as follows: 1. Hanyue Fazang 漢月法藏(1573-1635), Yumi shenti jiyin zunzhe zhizheng chuan 於密滲提寂音尊者智證傳; 2. Tuiweng Hongchu 退翁弘儲 (1605-1672), Lingyan heshangshuquan ji 靈嵓和尚樹泉集; 3. Shuoji Hongsheng 碩機弘聖 (?-1658),Runzhou jiaoshan shuoji sheng chanshi yulu 潤州焦山碩機聖禪師語錄 ; 4.Huotang Zhengyan 豁堂正喦 (1597-1670), Lingyin huotang chanshi zhuhaiyu sanfeng qingliang yuan yulu 靈隱豁堂禪師住海虞三峯清涼 院語錄; 5. Shuokui Yuanzhi 碩揆原志 (1628-1697), Shuokui chanshi yulu 碩揆禪師語錄 (manuscript); 6. Shuokui Yuanzhi, Shuokui chanshi yulu(block-print edition); 7. Bo’an Zhengzhi 檗菴正志 (1599-1676), Bo’anbielu 檗菴別錄; 8. Changshu sanfeng qingliang chansi zhi 常熟 三峯清涼禪寺志. This article provides basic information about these eight texts,including their compilers, compilation and publication dates, location of thetext, structure, and important content. These eight texts are valuable sourcesfor further research on the development of the Sanfeng Chan tradition andthe study of Buddhism in the Ming and Qing dynasties.
