Two weeks ago, when I visited the renovated Harvard Art Museum, I saw Obaku master Gaoquan Xingdun's 高泉性潡 (1633-1695) calligraphy is on permanent display. It reads "Emptiness Drives Iron Boat 虛空駕鐵船". The phrase was taken from Chan Lamp Transmission Records during the Jingde Reign (No. 2076 景德傳燈錄 (卷17) T51, p0342b). For details, see Harvard cataloging information online. Gaoquan was the fifth abbot of Manpukuji and served Yinyuan as an attendant and secretary for a long time.
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