The Buddhist Dictionary explains "Lianru" as follows:
Lianru (1415～1499) was a native of Kyoto, Japan. The eighth generation of Honganji Temple. The tenth generation grandson of Qinluan. The taboo name is Jianshou. The children's names are Budaiwan and Xingteiwan. At the age of fifteen, he had the ambition to start another sect. At the age of seventeen, he was ordained by the Master of Qinglianyuan. Not long after, he went to Otani to study the sect's principles and visited the ruins of Shinluan. After that, he devoted himself to education and promoted his purpose in ordinary language, and the true religious group expanded. Later, because Otani Motoyama was burned by the monks of Enryaku-ji Temple, he fled to Otsu Kinsho-ji Temple, built another Sanshina Hongan-ji Temple, and built the Osaka Ishibetsuin, completing the revival of Hongan-ji Temple. He died in the eighth year of Ming Dynasty and lived eighty-five years. His posthumous title is "Master Hui Deng". He is the author of one volume of Zhengxin gatha and its main meanings, five imperial texts, and one volume of Zhenzong's explanations. [Biography of Rennyo Master, Otani Honganji Temple Chronicle Volume 2]
The Chinese Buddhist Encyclopedia explains "Rennyo" as follows:
Rennyo (1415～1499)
Japanese Jodo Shinshu monk. Kyoto native. His name is Kanshou, and his childhood names include Budaiwan and Xingteiwan. In the third year of Yongxiang's reign (1431), he was ordained and became a monk from Qinglianyuan. In the first year of Changroku (1457), he succeeded the eighth generation of Honganji Temple and devoted himself to the spread of Pure Land Buddhism. In the sixth year of Kansho (1465), Otani Honganji Temple was burned down by Eizan monks. With the help of disciples such as Kenda and Kanamori, the teacher took refuge in Togoku, Hokoku, Mikawa and other places. In the first year of civilization (1469), a temple was built in the southern part of Mitsui-ji Temple and the ancestral statues were placed. In the twelfth year, Yamashina Honganji Temple was built and Honganji Temple was revived. In the first year of Yande (1489), five men succeeded him, and the master retreated to Shanke. Afterwards, he promoted various disciplines and founded the Daisan Ishiyama House (later called Ishiyama Honganji Temple). He died in the eighth year of Ming Dynasty and lived eighty-five years. His posthumous title is "Xinzhengyuan". In the fifteenth year of Meiji (1882), he was given the posthumous title of "Master Hui Deng". He is the author of "Yu Wen", "Zheng Xin Gao Yi Yi", "Zhen Zong Ling Jie Wen" and other books.