A statue of Daoji

Daoji (道濟禪師 1130-1207), commonly known as Ji Gong (濟公 or 濟公活佛, Master Ji, Living Buddha Ji Gong), was a Buddhist monk during the Southern Song Dynasty in China. He was born with the name of Li Xiuyuan. (李修元) Dao Ji was also called Hu Yin (Recluse from the Lake) and Elder Fang Yuan (Square Circle). Dao Ji was a monastic in the Linji Ch'an school. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1944x2592, 1564 KB) 济公塑像 Shizhao2005年于杭州虎跑泉 File links The following pages link to this file: Daoji Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used to create or digitize it. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1944x2592, 1564 KB) 济公塑像 Shizhao2005年于杭州虎跑泉 File links The following pages link to this file: Daoji Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used to create or digitize it. ... Events February 13 - Innocent II is elected pope An antipope schism occurs when Roger II of Sicily supports Anacletus II as pope instead of Innocent II. Innocent flees to France and Anacletus crowns Roger King. ... Events Stephen Langton consecrated Archbishop of Canterbury June 17 by Pope Innocent III Births September 8 - King Sancho II of Portugal October 1 - King Henry III of England (d. ... Categories: Buddhism-related stubs | Buddhist terms ... Alternative meaning: Song Dynasty (420-479) The Song dynasty (Chinese: 宋朝) was a ruling dynasty in China from 960-1279. ... There is a disputed proposal that this article should be merged with Rinzai and Linji. ...

History

Born Li Xiuyuan to a former military advisor, Li Maochun, Daoji was born after his parents, who could not have children, entered a temple. Upon reaching the hall of arhats, one statue of an arhat was knocked off its lotus throne, a sign that the arhat had descended to earth. A garden featuring depictions of various arhats (Hsi Lai Temple, California) An arhat (Sanskrit, also arahat or arahant (Pali); Chinese: 阿羅漢, āluóhàn, luóhàn, lohan; Tibetan: dgra-bcom-pa; Jp. ...

After his parents' death, he went to Hangzhou and became a monastic at the famous Ling Yin Temple near Hangzhou. Even though his eccentric behavior broke the rules of the vinaya (traditional code for monastics), Daoji had a kind heart and was always ready to lend a helping hand to ordinary people. Unlike a traditional Buddhist monk, he ate meat and drank wine. The monks then had enough of his behavior and kicked him out of the monastery. From then on, Daoji roamed the streets and helped people whenever he could.   (Chinese: ; pinyin: Hángzhōu; Postal map spelling: Hangchow) is a sub-provincial city in China and the capital of Zhejiang province. ... Lingyin Si (Chinese: 靈隐寺; Pinyin: Língyǐnsì), commonly translated as Temple of the Souls Retreat is one of the largest and wealthiest Buddhist temples in China. ...   (Chinese: ; pinyin: Hángzhōu; Postal map spelling: Hangchow) is a sub-provincial city in China and the capital of Zhejiang province. ... The Vinaya (a word in Pali as well as in Sanskrit, with literal meaning discipline) is the textual framework for the Buddhist monastic community, or sangha. ...

While cultivating in the Buddha's teaching, Daoji acquired magical powers. Since many people noticed his compassionate nature, many started thinking of him as an incarnate of a bodhisattva, or as a reincarnate of an arhat, Nantimitolo (降龍羅漢, Xianglong Luohan, Taming Dragon Arhat) of the western heaven. In Buddhist thought, a bodhisattva (Pali: bodhisatta; Simplified Chinese: , Traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: púsà; Japanese: 菩薩 bosatsu; Korean: ë³´ì‚´ bosal ; Tibetan changchub sempa (byang-chub sems-dpa); Vietnamese: Bồ Tát; Thai: พระโพธิสัตว์) is a being who is dedicated to assisting all sentient beings in achieving complete Buddhahood. ... A garden featuring depictions of various arhats (Hsi Lai Temple, California) An arhat (Sanskrit, also arahat or arahant (Pali); Chinese: 阿羅漢, āluóhàn, luóhàn, lohan; Tibetan: dgra-bcom-pa; Jp. ... Mahākāśyapa (摩訶迦葉, Mohe Jiashe) or Kāśyapa was a brahman of Magadha, who became one of the principal disciples of Śākyamuni Buddha and who convened and directed the first council. ...

When Daoji died at the Jing Ci monastery on the 14th day of 5th Lunar month (17 June 1207), Syncretic Taoism began to revere Daoji as a god from heaven and later adopted him as a deity. Not long after that, even Buddhism began to respect him, and added him into the list of arhats. Syncretism is the attempt to reconcile disparate, even opposing, beliefs and to meld practices of various schools of thought. ... Taoism (sometimes written as and actually pronounced as Daoism (dow-ism)) is the English name for: Dao Jia [philosophical tao] philosophical school based on the texts the Tao Te Ching (ascribed to Laozi and alternately spelled Dào Dé Jīng) and the Zhuangzi; a family of organized Chinese religious... Look up deity in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

The I Kuan Tao has also adopted him into their pantheon of deities. I Kuan-Tao emblem I-Kuan Tao, also Yi Guan Dao, or usually initialized as IKT (一貫道, translated as the Unity Sect) is a new religious movement that originated in twentieth-century China. ...

Daoji in popular culture

The life of Daoji has also been popularized in a TV series which aired in 1993 called (in English) "Legends of Ji Gong."

Depiction

Daoji can usually be seen smiling in his tattered monastic robes, and usually carries a bottle of wine in his right hand, and a fan (believed to be magical) in his left hand. He wears a hat with the Chinese character Fo（佛）, meaning "Buddha". He can also be seen holding his shoes in his right hand.

External links

• a site on Jigong
• a review on a book on Daoji
• Jigong features in a game
• Website about a Jigong statue that wears the world's largest pair of sunglasses

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