JÅjin
Jojin (Japanese成 寻; * 1011, † 1081 ) was a Buddhist monk scholar of Japanese Heian period. 1072-1073 he went on pilgrimage to Buddhist sites in China. He left a detailed account of this journey.
Family and Career
Jojin mother's side was a descendant of the Daigo- Tennō. His great-grandfather was the son of Minamoto no Takaakira ( 914-82 ). His mother (988-1073? ), Whose name is not known, was the daughter of Minamoto no Toshikatas ( 959-1027 ). His father was probably Fujiwara no Sadanobu, in all probability this was a son of the poet Fujiwara no Sanekata (? -999 ).
His father died when he was seven years old. Together with his brother he was entrusted to the care of a monastery. He was a student of Tendai monk Shuu- Monkei ( 967-1024 ). He stood in the spiritual tradition of the China Pilgrim Enchin ( 814-91; China 853-8 ;円 珍). Around the year 1042 he became abbot of Daiun -ji (大 云 寺), which is about 10 km outside the capital, in Iwakura. Ten years later he became imperial Exorcist ( gojisō ) at court. Two years later he received the honorary title ācārya ( skr: ajari ;依止 师) of Enryaku -ji. The year 1068 he spent traveling between the imperial court and Uji, the residence of the regent Fujiwara no Yorimichi, he tried as Emperor Go - Reizei gesundzubeten. 11.01.1070 he formally requested the permission to make a pilgrimage to China. He left without waiting for the approval.
China
Jojin left a travelogue San Tendai Godai san ki (such as " Report a pilgrimage to the Tiantai and Wutai "参天 台 五台山 记), which differs from the usual literature of the Heian era through his objective style.
The diary begins with his embarkation 03/15/1072 in Hakata, the trip to Hangzhou lasted a week. In his luggage to begfanden over 600 fascicles of Buddhist texts, he asked the monks beside available during his 5-month stay at the Tiantai. In return, he received the opportunity to study unknown works in Japan. Among the works of the poet Han Shan Ch'an, which he sent to Japan. He was with Zen teachings so about 100 years prior to the "official " launch in Japan by Eisai (明 庵 栄 西) is known.
After two months, he was asked by the government to come as a state guest at the Song court in Kaifeng. The journey took 65 days to complete. His accommodation was at the Institute of sutra translations ( ch.: chuanfuayuan ). On the 22nd day of the 10th month 1072, he took part in an audience at the Imperial Palace, then a purple robe he was notified.
01.11.1072 he set out with an escort of 20 soldiers to Wutai Shan, which he reached 27 days later. There he handed brought offerings and prayed for the late go- Reizei - Tennō and members of the Fujiwara. Three days later, he began his journey back to Kaifeng, where he arrived 12/27/1072.
Overall, he sent about 600 books ahead by five of his students. After another audience ( 27/01/1073 ), he received gifts for the Tennō. This should - for the Chinese side - also serve the purpose to refresh the broken since 894 diplomatic relations. 04.14.1073 he left direction Mingzhou after he had previously prayed for rain yet so effective that he still had to pray for the end then. In the port of Mingzhou his students embarked to bring the received gifts and books to Japan. Thus his diary ends on the 12th day of the 6th month. He himself was about to go to a monastery on the Tientai. From his later life nothing is known except that he from Kaifeng sent a letter to a student in Japan the following year.
Jojin should be 1081 died.