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Appendix A
Kao seng chuan (Lives of eminent monks), by Hui-chiao (497-554), T.
50, no. 2059. See Zürcher, Buddhist Conquest, p. 10; Wright, "Biography
and Hagiography."
Biography in Kao seng chuan 402.c. See Link, "Shih Seng-yu and His
Writings," for a detailed study of the book and its author.
Biography in Hsü kao seng chuan (Further lives of eminent monks), by
Tao-hsüan (596-667), T. 50, no. 2060, chüan I.426.b, and especially
427.b.28; See Wright, "Biography and Hagiography," for a comparison
between Pao-ch'ang and Hui-chiao as biographers. Pao-ch'ang is partial to the
famous, Hui-chiao to the eminent.
Wright, "Biography and Hagiography," p. 410, n. 3. The extracts from
the Meisōden-shō are preserved in Kasuga Reichi, "Jōdokyō-shiryō to shite no
meisōden shishishō meisōden-yōbun chō narabi ni mirokunyorai kannōshō
dai shi shoin no meisōden ni tsuite," Shūgaku Kenkyū 12 (1936): 53-118;
also in Zoku-zōkyō, Tokyo, 1905-1922, ser. 2, part 2z, case 7, vol. 1;
reprinted, Taipei: Shin Wen Feng, 1977, vol. 134.
Li tai san pao chi (Records of the three treasures through the ages), by Fei
the years in which Pao-ch'ang and others were ordered by Emperor Wu of
Liang to write various works such as Pao-ch'ang's Chung ching mu lu (A catalogue
of all Buddhist works), which was originally the work of another monk,
Seng Shao, whose catalogue was unsatisfactory to the emperor. Pao-ch'ang's
biography in Hsü kao seng chuan (Further lives of eminent monks) says
(426.c.21ff) that the emperor ordered Pao-ch'ang to complete the catalogue,
which he did in four Chüan. See Tsai, Review of Biographies of Buddhist
Nuns, p. 89; Li tai san pao chi, (99.b.3ff) says that Seng-shao had selected
from Seng-yu's catalogue, the Ch'u san-tsang chi chi, (T. 55, no. 2145), but
see also Fa yüan chu lin, (1021.b.23-25); and Li tai san pao chi (99.b.1-3).
K'ai-yüan shih chiao lu lüeh ch'u, T. 55, no. 2155, 746.b.6. These two
catalogues were both compiled by the monk Chih-sheng (biography in Sung
kao seng chuan [Sung dynasty biographies of eminent monks]), T. 50,
733.c.26, in the eighteenth year of the k'ai-yüan reign period (730) of
Emperor Hsüan Tsang (r. 712-756) of the T'ang dynasty.
Ibid., p. 1021.b.26-c.7. "The emperor commanded that the nine titles
in 122 chüan be compiled by Pao-ch'ang and others."
E.g., K'ai-yüan shih chiao lu, T. 55, no. 2154, p. 536.c.28; and K'ai-yüan
shih chiao lu lüeh ch'u, T. 55, no. 2155, pp. 746.b.6.
Wright, "Biography and Hagiography," p. 418; T'ang Yung-t'ung, Han
wei liang-chin nan-pei-ch'ao fo-chiao shih (History of Buddhism in the Wei,
Chin, and Southern and Northern dynasties), p. 579, says it was compiled at
the beginning of the chien-yüan reign period (479-482) of the Ch'i dynasty
(479-502). These fragments have been brought together by Lu Hsün in Ku
hsiao-shuo kou ch'en (A study of ancient fiction).
(1) Lives 936.b.11; (2) Ming hsiang chi as quoted in Fa yüan chu lin,
616.b.5; (3) Chin nan-ching ssu chi as quoted in Fa yüan chu lin, 526.b.17;
(4) Fo tsu t'ung chi (Thorough record of the Buddha's lineage) 340.b.29ff.
(1) Lives 937.c.24; (2) Ming hsiang chi as quoted in Fa yüan chu lin,
407.b.15; (3) Chi shen chou san pao kan t'ung lu, T. 52, 418.b.7-12.
(1) Lives 945.a.7; (2) Kuang hung ming chi, 270.b.7; and (3) Ku chin
t'u shu chi ch'eng, vol. 506, pp. 10b-11a.
Shen Yüeh (441-513) styled Hsiu-wen, poet and author of a Chin shu
(History of the Chin dynasty), now lost; Sung shu (History of the [Liu] Sung
dynasty), and other secular works. He also wrote essays on Buddhist topics,
many collected in the KHMC. He served in official positions during the Sung
(420-479) and Ch'i (479-502) dynasties.
Tao-hsüan (596-667) worked in the north. His biography is found in
Sung kao seng chuan (The Sung dynasty biographies of eminent monks),
T. 50, no. 2061, 790.b.
In Han shu i wen chih (Bibliography in the history of the Former Han
dynasty), chap. 30, it is listed as Liu Hsiang's work.
She associates with rulers of countries and meddles in politics. See
Mahāprajāpatī, T. 24, 947.c.20ff.
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