# Ingen
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{{Short description|Chinese poet and monk}}
{{about|the Buddhist monk, Ingen Ryuuki|other uses}}
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| name = Ingen Ryūki
| native_name = Yinyuan Longqi
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| caption = Portrait of Ingen Ryūki from 1671
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| birth_name = Lin Zengbing
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| birth_place = [Fuqing](/source/Fuqing), [Fujian](/source/Fujian), [Ming dynasty](/source/Ming_dynasty)
| death_date = {{death date and age|1673|05|19|1592|12|07}}
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'''Ingen Ryūki''' ({{CJKV|t=隱元隆琦|p=Yǐnyuán Lóngqí|j=隠元隆琦}}, {{IPA|ja|iꜜŋ.ɡeɴ, -ŋeɴ}}[{{cite book|script-title=ja:新明解日本語アクセント辞典|edition=2nd|editor-last=Kindaichi|editor-first=Haruhiko|editor-link=Haruhiko Kindaichi|editor-last2=Akinaga|editor-first2=Kazue|publisher=[Sanseidō](/source/Sanseid%C5%8D)|date=10 March 2025|lang=ja}}]) (December 7, 1592 – May 19, 1673) was a Chinese poet, calligrapher, and [monk](/source/bhikkhu) of [Linji Chan Buddhism](/source/Linji_school) from [China](/source/China).[Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Ingen" in {{Google books|p2QnPijAEmEC|''Japan encyclopedia,'' p. 387.|page=387}}; n.b., Louis-Frédéric is pseudonym of Louis-Frédéric Nussbaum, ''see'' [http://dispatch.opac.ddb.de/DB=4.1/PPN?PPN=128842709 Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Authority File] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120524174828/http://dispatch.opac.ddb.de/DB=4.1/PPN?PPN=128842709 |date=2012-05-24 }}.] He is most known for founding the [Ōbaku](/source/%C5%8Cbaku) school of [Zen](/source/Zen) in [Japan](/source/Japan).
Ingen is said to have introduced, from China into Japan, the [common bean](/source/common_bean), which is named after him ({{nihongo||[隠元豆](/source/w%3Aja%3A%E3%82%A4%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B2%E3%83%B3%E3%83%9E%E3%83%A1)|Ingen mame|{{ipa|ja|iŋ.ɡeꜜm ma.me, iŋ.ŋeꜜm-|}},[ {{lit|Ingen bean}}}};][{{cite web|url=https://kotobank.jp/word/%E9%9A%A0%E5%85%83%E8%B1%86-437287|script-website=ja:コトバンク|script-title=ja:隠元豆|lang=ja}}] ''Ingen'' itself is also short for ''Ingen mame''[{{cite web|url=https://kotobank.jp/word/%E9%9A%A0%E5%85%83-437284|script-website=ja:コトバンク|script-title=ja:隠元|lang=ja}}]). Robes worn by Ōbaku monks are called {{nihongo||隠元衣|Ingengoromo|{{lit|Ingen robe}}}}.[{{cite web|url=https://kotobank.jp/word/%E9%9A%A0%E5%85%83%E8%A1%A3-2009511|script-website=ja:コトバンク|script-title=ja:隠元衣|lang=ja}}]
==Biography==
Ingen was born on December 7, 1592, in [Fuqing](/source/Fuqing), [Fujian](/source/Fujian), during China's [Ming dynasty](/source/Ming_dynasty). Ingen's father disappeared when he was five. At age 20, while searching for him, Ingen arrived at [Mount Putuo](/source/Mount_Putuo) off [Zhejiang](/source/Zhejiang) [province](/source/Provinces_of_China), where he served tea to monks. At 28, after the death of his mother, he was ordained as a monk at his family temple - [Wanfu Temple](/source/Wanfu_Temple), [Mount Huangbo](/source/Mount_Huangbo), Fujian. Ingen's teachers there were [Miyun Yuanwu](/source/Miyun_Yuanwu) and [Feiyin Tongrong](/source/Feiyin_Tongrong). In 1633 he received [dharma transmission](/source/dharma_transmission) from the latter, and in 1637 served his first term as abbot. His second term as 33rd abbot of the temple began in 1646 and at this time he is credited with helping Mount Huangbo to develop into a thriving Buddhist centre.
In 1654, after repeated requests of [Itsunen Shoyu](/source/Itsunen_Shoyu), he went to [Nagasaki](/source/Nagasaki), Japan with around 30 monks and artisans, including his disciple [Mu'an](/source/Muyan). He founded the Ōbaku [school of Zen](/source/schools_of_Buddhism).[Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). {{Google books|18oNAAAAIAAJ|''Annales des empereurs du japon,'' p. 414.|page=414}}]
==Calligraphy==
Ingen was a skilled calligrapher, introducing the Ming style of calligraphy to Japan.[[http://www.oclc.org/research/activities/identities/default.htm WorldCat Identities] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101230150412/http://www.oclc.org/research/activities/identities/default.htm |date=2010-12-30 }}: [http://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n80-133140 隱元 1592-1673]]
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* 1979 — {{nihongo|''Complete Works of Ingen''|新纂校訂隱元全集|Shinsan kōtei Ingen zenshū|[https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/019817244 OCLC 019817244]|}}
==See also==
*[Egoku Dōmyō](/source/Egoku_D%C5%8Dmy%C5%8D)
==Notes==
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==References==
* Nussbaum, Louis Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005). ''Japan Encyclopedia.'' Cambridge: [Harvard University Press](/source/Harvard_University_Press). {{ISBN|978-0-674-01753-5}}; [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/48943301/editions?editionsView=true&referer=br OCLC 48943301]
* [Titsingh](/source/Isaac_Titsingh), Isaac. (1834). ''Annales des empereurs du Japon.'' Paris: [Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland](/source/Royal_Asiatic_Society). [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/251800045&referer=brief_results OCLC 251800045]; see also '' Imprimerie Royale de France,'' {{OCLC|311322353}}
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