Talented Scholar

I once passed by an ancient temple and found a copy of Caigentan among the ruined scriptures and scattered papers. I leafed through it. Though it belongs to the Chan Buddhist tradition, it also offers subtle insights into the study of the body, mind, and human nature. I hurriedly took it home, carefully collated the text, and copied it into a finished volume. The old preface was inelegant and included passages irrelevant to this book, so I removed it. The author of this work was Hong Yingming, though I have no idea who he was.