From 1326 and on, the Chinese-born priest Qingzhuo Zhengcheng (J. Seisetsu Shōchō; 1274–1339) resided at Zen temples in Kamakura and Kyoto. This transcribes a Dharma talk he gave while at Kenchōji Temple, a large and influential institution in Kamakura. Such sermons conveyed by Chan and Zen masters shed light on the true teachings of Buddhism. Here, he expounds on the importance of rigorous Buddhist practice.
SATO RyosukeEnglish by Mary Lewine
Buddhist Art Paradise: Jewels of the Nara National Museum. Nara National Museum, 2021.7, p.334, no.194.
Priest Seisetsu Shōchō (Qingzhuo Zhengcheng, 1274-1339) was a Zen priest during the Yuan dynasty in China. He was the successor of Priest Gugoku Chikei and is known as the younger brother of Priest Gekkō Shōin. Seisetsu Shōchō came to Japan in 1326, when he was fifty-three years old, and was staying in Kenchō-ji temple with the support by Regent Hōjō Takatoki. Later on, Shōchō was staying in Kennin-ji and Nanzen-ji temples. He edited a book on precepts of Zen Buddhism, the Daikan Seiki, which suited the Japanese way of living, and contributed to the development of Japanese Zen Buddhism.
The Buddhist sermon, which Seisetsu Shōchō delivered to Zen monks of the Gessō circle while he was in Kennin-ji temple, is written in the scroll introduced in this article. Special notes are also included in this scroll. The written seals of Prince Sondō, who was the cloistered prince Son'en's younger brother-in-law, are found on the reverse side of the paper joint.
According to the inscription at the beginning of the scroll by Prince Sonjun, this scroll was written by the cloistered prince Son'en himself. It is a significant calligraphic piece edited and written by Son'en, who is well known not only as a Buddhist priest but also as a master calligrapher.
Masterpieces of Nara National Museum. Nara National Museum, 1993, pp.100-101, no.78.

