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Wu deng hui yuan (A compendium of the five lamps) was compiled by Chan Buddhist master Puji. Puji (1179‒1253), style name Dachuan, was a native of Fenghua, Siming (in present-day Zhejiang). His family name was Zhang. At the age of 19, he became a monk and entered the Xianglin Monastery. He went to Chicheng to study the Buddhist Tiantai theory of nature inclusion. Later he devoted himself to Chan Buddhism. He became friendly with monk Zheweng Ruyan (1151‒1225) and followed him to live in the Tiantong Mountains. Later ...