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Lives of the nuns

biographies of Chinese Buddhist nuns from the fourth to sixth centuries : a translation of the Pi-ch'iu-ni chuan
(6th cent.)
  
LIVES OF THE NUNS
  
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CONTENTS
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PREFACE
  
The Translation
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Introduction
  
Buddhist Texts
  
Buddhism in China: Beginnings
  
Buddhism, Taoism, and Confucianism
  
The Monastic Institution in China
  
Becoming a Nun
  
The Convent: Social Life
  
The Convent: Religious Life
  
Conclusions
  
Shih Pao-ch'ang's Preface to Lives of the Nuns

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1. The Chin Dynasty (265-317 / 317-420)
 1. 
1. Chu Ching-chien
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2. An Ling-shou
 3. 
3. Chih-hsien
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4. Miao-hsiang
 5. 
5. K'ang Ming-kan
 6. 
6. T'an-pei
 7. 
7. Hui-chan
 8. 
8. Seng-chi
 9. 
9. Chu Tao-hsing
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10. Tao-jung
 11. 
11. Ling-tsung
 12. 
12. Chih Miao-yin
 13. 
13. Tao-i
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2. The Sung Dynasty (420-479)
 14. 
14. Hui-kuo
 15. 
15. Fa-sheng
 16. 
16. Hui-yü
 17. 
17. Tao-ch'iung
 18. 
18. Tao-shou
 19. 
19. Shih Hsüan-tsao
 20. 
20. Shih Hui-ch'iung
 21. 
21. P'u-chao
 22. 
22. Shih Hui-mu
 22a. 
22a. Shih Hui-mu
 23. 
23. Fa-sheng
 24. 
24. Seng-tuan
 25. 
25. Kuang-ching
 26. 
26. Shan-miao
 27. 
27. Seng-kuo
 28. 
28. Ching-ch'eng
 29. 
29. Fa-hsiang
 30. 
30. Yeh-shou
 31. 
31. Fa-pien
 32. 
32. Tao-tsung
 33. 
33. Hui-chün
 34. 
34. Pao-hsien
 35. 
35. Fa-ching
 36. 
36. Hui-yao
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3. The Ch'i Dynasty (479-502)
 37. 
37. Fa-yüan
 38. 
38. T'an-ch'e
 39. 
39. Seng-ching
 40. 
40. Seng-meng
 41. 
41. Miao-chih
 42. 
42. Chih-sheng
 43. 
43. Seng-kai
 44. 
44. Fa-ch'üan
 45. 
45. Ching-hui
 46. 
46. T'an-chien
 47. 
47. Ching-kuei
 48. 
48. Hui-hsü
 49. 
49. Ch'ao-ming
 50. 
50. T'an-yung
 51. 
51. Teh-leh
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4. The Liang Dynasty (502-557)
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52. Ching-hsiu
 53. 
53. Seng-nine
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54. T'an-hui
 55. 
55. Nun Feng
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56. Hui-sheng
 57. 
57. Ching-hsien
 58. 
58. Ching-yüan
 59. 
59. Ching-hsing
 60. 
60. Shih Ling-yü
 61. 
61. Seng-shu
 62. 
62. Miao-wei
 63. 
63. Shih Hui-hui
 64. 
64. Shih Tao-kuei
 65. 
65. Shih Fa-hsüan

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APPENDIX A: THE TEXT
  
Sources of the Text
  
Literary Prototypes
  
APPENDIX B: THE MĀNATTA RITUAL
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NOTES
  
Introduction
  
Shih Pao-ch'ang's Preface to Lives of the Nuns
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1. The Chin Dynasty
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2. The Sung Dynasty
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3. The Ch'i Dynasty
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4. The Liang Dynasty
  
Appendix A
  
CHINESE CHARACTER GLOSSARY OF NAMES, TERMS, AND TITLES
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
  
Texts Mentioned or Implied in the Biographies
  
Sources, Reference Works, and Readings
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INDEX
  
Persons and Place Names
  
General Subjects
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LIVES
OF THE
NUNS
Biographies of Chinese
Buddhist Nuns from the
Fourth to Sixth Centuries
A translation of the
Pi-ch'iu-ni chuan,
compiled by Shih Pao-ch'ang

Translated by

Kathryn Ann Tsai

illustration
University of Hawaii Press
Honolulu

© 1972 Kathryn Ann Adelsperger Cissell
© 1994 University of Hawaii Press
All rights reserved
Printed in the United States of America
94 95 96 97 98 99 5 4 3 2 1

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Pao-ch`ang, 6th cent.
[Pi ch'iu ni chuan. English]
Lives of the nuns : biographies of Chinese Buddhist nuns from the
fourth to sixth centuries : a translation of the Pi-ch'iu-ni chuan /
compiled by Shih Pao-ch'ang ; translated by Kathryn Ann Tsai.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-8248-1541-6
1. Buddhist nuns—China—Biography—Early works to 1800.
I. Tsai, Kathryn Ann. II. Title.
BQ634.P3713 1994
294.3'657'092251—dc20 93-50627
[B] CIP

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