韶州雲門山文偃禪師，姑蘇嘉興人，姓張氏，嗣雪峰。南漢主晟歸依之，賜匡真禪師之號。乾和七年己酉歲示寂。後，宋太祖乾德四年（南漢主鋹天寶九年），賜諡大慈雲匡真弘明禪師。見傳燈錄十九、會元十五、稽古略三。
The Cloud-gate monastery in Guangdong, from which 文偃 Wenyan derived his title; his name was 張雪峰 Zhang Xuefeng; he lived early in the tenth century and founded the 雲門宗 (雲門禪宗), v. 三句.