Lives of the nuns biographies of Chinese Buddhist nuns from the fourth to sixth centuries : a translation of the Pi-ch'iu-ni chuan |
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Persons and Place Names
Ānanda, Buddha's disciple, 133 n. 92
Central Asia: and importance in spread of
Buddhism, 117 n. 13Chang, Empress (Madame Ho), 26
Chang, Lady, mother of prince of Lin-ch'uan,
101Chang Chün, 94
Chang Pien, governor of Yü-chang, 39
Chang Tai, governor of I Province, 71
Ch'ang-an: convents in, 6;
sacked by
nomads, 3
Ch'ao-ming, nun, 83-84
Ch'ao-pien, Master of the Law, 59
Chen Fa-ch'ung, governor of I Province,
92Chiang, Madame, wife of Wang Lu:
composed eulogy, 73Chieh-jen, nun, 101
Chien-wen, emperor of Chin, 30
Chih-hsien, nun, 21-23
Chih-shan, monk of Kashmir, 18
Chih-sheng, nun, 73-76
Chih-yüeh, monk, 95-96
Ching-ai, nun, 58
Ching-ch'eng, nun, 48, 55-56
Ching-chien, nun: as first Chinese Buddhist
nun, 5, 17-19, 21, 62Ching-hsien, nun, 97-98
Ching-hsing, nun, 99-100
Ching-hsiu, nun, 10, 87-91, 101;
as
Master of Meditation, 88;sources and
versions of, 109
Ching-hui, nun, 78-79
Ching-kuei, nun, 80-81;
and asceticism
expressed in suicide by fire, 16
Ching-lien, nun, 78
Ching-yüan, nun, 98, 99
Chou Ying, scholar, 106, 151 n. 103
Ch'u, Empress, consort of K'ang, 28
Ch'ü An-yüan, fortune-teller, 31
Convent: Bamboo Garden, 61, 86, 99;
Bamboo Grove in Lo-yang, 18;
Bamboo
Grove in Tung-hsiang of Shan-yang,
55;Beckoning Clarity, 106;
Black River, 30;
Brightness of Ch'i, 72,
84, 86, 105;Built by the Multitude, 70;
Capital Office, 95;
Central, 51;
Chu-ko
Village, 45, 46;Collected Goodness,
82, 97;Cowherd, 39;
Eastern, 29;
Eastern Green Garden, 78, 86, 97;
Empress Dowager, 41;
Empress Ho,
26, 35, 100;Establishing Blessings, 25,
27, 38, 40-41, 71, 74;Establishing
Peace, 62, 69;Establishing Splendor,
44;Eternal Blessings, 63;
Eternal
Peace, 50, 58;Eternal Sanctity, 70;
Expanding Nation, 44;
Field of Blessings,
82;Flower Garland, 72;
Flower
Grove, 76;Foundation for Meditation,
76;Founding of Wisdom, 21;
Great
Mysterious Terrace, 42, 56;Green
Garden, 58, 77, 88, 89;Increasing Joy,
28;Jeta Grove, 41;
Joyful Peace, 103;
Kingdom, 85;
Luminous Blessings, 36,
53, 59, 62;Meditation Grove, 89, 91,
97, 101;New Grove, 31;
North Peak,
23;Northern Everlasting Peace, 26;
Peak Mountain, 105;
Reflecting Brightness
on White Mountain, 86;Samantabhadra,
78;Simple Tranquility, 33;
Solitude, 102;
South, 48;
Southern
Chin-ling, 100;Southern Eternal
Peace, 68, 85;Southern Peace, 43;
Three-story, 60, 81;
Ti Mountain, 104;
Universal Wisdom, 62, 64;
Venerating
Seculsion, 84;Voice of the Teaching,
79, 80, 84;West, 21;
Western, 69;
Western Green Garden, 103;
Wonderful
Appearance, 76
182Fa-ch'eng, monk, 51
Fa-ching, nun, 64
Fa-ching, nun: and intrigue against government,
86Fa-ch'üan, nun, 77;
as teacher of great
influence, 16
Fa-hsiang, nun, 56
Fa-hsüan, nun, 105-106
Fa-hui, Master of the Law, 95-96,
146 n. 49Fa-lin, nun, 58
Fa-pien, nun, 59-60;
excelled in meditation,
16
Fa-sheng, nun, 7, 38-39
Fa-sheng, nun, 48-49
Fa-tsang, nun, 84
Fa-yen, nun, 77
Fa-yin, Master of Meditation, 76, 77,
101Fa-ying, Master of Monastic Rules, 63,
88Fa-yüan, Master of Exegesis, 77, 78
Fa-yüan, nun, 67-68;
sources and versions
of, 109
Feng, Nun, 95-96;
extract from Ming
seng chuan, 107
Fo-t'u-teng, foreign missionary monk
from Kucha, 18, 20-21, 117 n. 10Fu Chien, emperor of Former Ch'in, 22,
56Gunavarman, missionary monk from
Central Asia, 36-37, 54, 62, 85, 89,
128 n. 6Hsiao Chao-chou, Ch'i prince of Pa-ling,
106Hsiao Ch'eng-chih, 43
Hsiao I, prince of Yü-chang, 81
Hsiao-wu, emperor of Chin, 31, 32, 33
Hsiao-wu, emperor of Sung, 62, 91
Hsiao Yüan-chien, Liang prince of Heng-yang,
106Hsüan-ch'ang, Master of Meditation,
82Hsüan-tsao, nun, 42
Hua-kuang, nun, 95
Huan Hsüan, 33-34
Hui-chan, nun, 25, 27
Hui-chi, Master of the Law, 106
Hui-chih, monk, 43
Hui-ch'iung, nun, 43-44;
incorrupt body
of, 12, 44;sources and versions of, 109
Hui-chün, nun, 61
Hui-hsi, Master of the Law, 106
Hui-hsing, nun, 78
Hui-hsü, nun, 81-83, 97
Hui-hui, nun, 103-104
Hui-i, Hui-kuo's disciple, 37-38
Hui-k'ai, Hui-kuo's disciple, 37-38
Hui-kao, nun, 98
Hui-kuo, nun, 36-38, 59, 62-63
Hui-li, nun, 101
Hui-ming, Master of the Law, 79
Hui-mu, nun, 45-48;
sources and versions
of, 109
Hui-sheng, nun, 96-97
Hui-tz'u, Master of the Law, 103
Hui-yao, nun, 65-66;
and suicide by fire,
12, 65
Hui-yin, nun, 104
Hui-yü, nun, 39-40;
sources and versions
of, 109
Hui-yüan, monk, 34;
and Pure Land
School, 127 n. 107
I-k'ang, prince of P'eng-ch'eng, 85
I-kung, prince of Chiang-hsia, 61
India, 66;
nuns in, 37. See also
Sanghavarman
K'ang, emperor of Chin, 28
Kashmir, 18, 90
Kuang-ching, nun, 50-51
Kuang-ching, nun, 79
Kucha, 20, 95
K'ung Hsi-hsien: and intrigue against
government, 86K'ung Mo, provincial governor, 68, 70
Lin-ch'uan, prince of (Liu I-ch'ing), 101,
149 n. 77Ling-hui, nun, 101
Ling-pien, Yang. See Yang Ling-pien
Ling-shou, nun, 20-21
Ling-tsung, nun, 31
Ling-yü, nun, 100-101
Liu Ch'iu, appointed court scholar, 60
Liu I-ch'ing, 101, 149 n. 77
Liu Liang, 65;
as Taoist immortal,
136 n. 131
Lo-yang: convents in, 6;
sacked by
nomads, 3;translation center at, 2
Mahāprajāpatī, the Buddha's stepmother:
as first Buddhist nun in the world, 15,
37;taking eight special prohibitions, 54
Ming, emperor of Chin, 30
Ming, emperor of Sung, 62, 64, 70, 89, 98
Ming-kan, nun, 24-25
Miao-chih, nun, 72-73
Miao-hsiang, nun, 23-24;
as teacher of
great influence, 16
Miao-wei, nun, 102-103
Miao-yin, nun, 33-34, 111
Monastery: Chaturdesha, 91;
Eminent
Dais, 44;Gold Flower, 95;
Grass Hall,
97;Grove of Concentration on Bell
Mountain, 73;Grove of the Way, 59,
79;Hedge Garden, 86;
North Chang,
84;P'eng-ch'eng, 40, 90;
Pottery
Office, 40, 69, 73;Prospering of Chin,
63;Sheh Mountain, 75;
Site of the
Way, 38;Six Prohibitions, 40;
Southern
Establishing Joy, 40;Southern
Grove, 54, 63;Spiritual Root, 97;
Splendidly Adorned, 74;
Upper Grove
of Concentration on Bell Mountain,
59, 75
Mu, emperor of Chin, 26
Nan-t'i, boat captain from Sri Lanka, 53,
54Pao-ch'ang. See Shih Pao-ch'ang
Pao-hsien, nun, 62-64
Pao-liang, Master of the Law, 99
Pao-ying, nun, 58
Pao-yung, nun, 98
P'eng-ch'eng: as early center of Buddhism,
2, 116 n. 3P'u-chao, nun, 44-45
P'u-ching, Seng-tuan's disciple, 50
P'u-yao, Seng-tuan's disciple, 50, 68
Sanghavarman, missionary monk from
India, 38, 54, 63, 86, 128 n. 10Scythians, 19. See also Yüeh-chih
Seng-chi, nun, 27-28;
maintaining chastity,
16
Seng-ching, nun, 69-70;
and eulogy by
Shen Yüeh, 137 n. 13;and source of
eulogy, 109
Seng-hua, nun, 61
Seng-jou, Master of the Law, 103, 106
Seng-kai, nun, 76-77
Seng-kuo, nun, 53-55;
excelled in meditation,
16
Seng-lü, nun, 78
Seng-mao, nun, 86
Seng-meng, nun, 71
Seng-nien, nun, 91-92
Seng-pien, nun, 60
Seng-shen, Master of Meditation, 76, 77,
101Seng-shu, nun, 101-102
Sen-tsung, Master of the Law, 74, 77, 99
Seng-tuan, nun, 49-50;
maintaining
chastity, 16
Seng-yao, nun, 79
Seng-yüan, Master of the Law, 75
Seng-yüan, nun, 72
Shan-miao, nun, 51-53;
and asceticism
expressed in suicide by fire, 16
Shao-ling, prince of, 100
Shen Yu-chih, governor of Ching Province,
81Shen Yüeh, 153 n. 24;
as author of a nun's
biography, 109;as author of a nun's
eulogy, 70, 109, 137 n. 13
Shih Hu, emperor of Latter Chao, 21
Shih Lo, emperor of Latter Chao, 21
Shih Pao-ch'ang: access to nuns, 8;
comments
in biographies, 36, 53, 83, 8586;as compiler of Ching lü yi hsiang,
108;as compiler of Lives of the Nuns,
1, 107;as compiler of Ming seng chuan,
107;and reasons for compiling the
Lives of the Nuns, 15-16
Shūshō, Japanese monk, 107
Sri Lanka: Buddhist nuns from, 53, 54,
86T'an-ch'e, nun, 68-69
T'an-chi, Master of the Law, 78, 103
T'an-chien, nun, 79-80, 84
T'an-hui, nun, 7, 92-95
T'an-lan, nun: and intrigue against government,
86T'an-mo-chieh-to, foreign monk, 19
T'an-pei, nun, 26, 28
T'an-pin, Master of the Law, 74, 103
T'an-yin, Yeh-shou's disciple, 58-59
T'an-yung, nun, 84-85
Tao-chao, nun, 60
Tao-ch'iung, nun, 7, 40-41
Tao-hsing, nun, 29-30
Taoist Master of Pure Water, 30
Tao-jung, nun, 30-31;
sources and
versions of, 109
Tao-kuei, nun, 104-105
Tao-shou, nun, 41
Tao-tsung, nun, 60
Tao-tzu, prince of Kuei-chi, 33
Tao-yi, nun, 34-35
Teh-leh, nun, 85-86, 105
Te-sheng, nun, 83
Tessara, nun from Sri Lanka, 54, 63, 70
Wang Ch'en, 33-34
Wang Kung, 33-34
Wang Lun of Lang-yeh, 73
Wang P'u-yang, Taoist master, 30
Wang T'an-chih, 58
Wen, emperor of Sung, 58, 62, 85, 86,
91, 97Wen-hsüan, prince of Ching-ling, 70, 73,
75, 77, 78, 79, 90, 92, 99, 102, 105Wen-hui, Ch'i heir apparent, 70, 74, 75,
76, 78, 79, 90, 98, 102Wu, emperor of Ch'i, 73, 82
Wu, emperor of Sung, 58
Yang Ling-pien, Taoist murderess, 29-30
Yeh-shou, nun, 57, 88
Yin Chung-k'an, 34
Yü Yung, scholar, 106
Yüch-chih, 117 n. 13
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