Yu Yan

Chinese Buddhist monk in the Southern Song dynasty
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroChinese Buddhist monk in the Southern Song dynasty
A.K.A.Shijian xiansheng Yuwu Shijian Linwu shanren
A.K.A.Shijian xiansheng Yuwu Shijian Linwu shanren
PlacesChina
wasBuddhist monk Daoshi
Work fieldReligion
Gender
Male
Religion:Taoism
Birth1245
Death1314 (aged 69 years)
Family
Children:Yu Zhongwen
The details

Biography

俞琰(1257年—?),字玉吾,號全陽子、林屋山人、石澗道人。吳郡(今江蘇蘇州)人。

寶祐五年(1257年)生。自幼好讀書,聞知朋友有奇書,必求借抄錄,廢寢忘食,因而致疾。早年熱心科举,宝祐年間,以词赋称。南宋亡,隐居著述,元朝授温州學錄不赴,自号林屋山人,学者称石涧先生。以学术見长,尤精《易》学,更援《易》入道,發前人所未發者。俞琰繼承朱熹之學,將道教内丹修煉與邵雍易學結合。延祐年間尚在世。著有《周易集说》、《读易举要》等,大部分佚失。

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