Fó shuō mǎ yǒu bātài pìrén jīng 佛說馬有八態譬人經
Sūtra on the Eight Behaviours of Horses Compared with Persons (parallel to Saṃyukta-āgama sūtra 924, Bié-yì Saṃyukta 149) by 支曜 (Zhī Yào, 譯)
About the work
A single-fascicle Eastern Hàn 後漢 translation of a discourse using the metaphor of eight kinds of horse to illustrate eight kinds of disciple. Sub-titled “出雜阿含別譯”. The Chinese parallels are T99[924] and T100[149].
Prefaces
The text bears no preface or postface. The only paratext is the canonical translator’s signature at the head: 「後漢西域三藏支曜譯」.
Abstract
T115 was produced during Zhī Yào’s Hàn period (185–220 CE), recorded in the frontmatter. The Indic source is presumed lost.
Links
- CBETA T02n0115 CBETA online text
- Kanseki DB
- 支曜 DILA
- Dazangthings date evidence (186): Taishō shinshū daizōkyō 大正新脩大藏經. Edited by Takakusu Junjirō 高楠順次郎 and Watanabe Kaigyoku 渡邊海旭. Tokyo: Taishō shinshū daizōkyō kankōkai/Daizō shuppan, 1924-1932. CBReader v 5.0, 2014. dazangthings entry