The Monk of the Brush Feiyin Tongrong lived a life defined by the quiet discipline of the monastery and the rhythmic motion of ink on paper. Born in Beijing, China, his early years were marked by loss; he lost his father when he was only six and his mother at eleven. These hardships led him to enter a monastery just two years later. He spent much of his life within the halls of various Chan monasteries, eventually serving as an abbot at Wanfusi on Mt. Huangbo. His path was one of deep study under several masters, including Huishan and Miyun Yuanwu, which shaped both his spiritual understandi…