Jīngāng jīng cǎiwēi kē 金剛經采微科
Structural Outline of “Picking the Subtle from the Diamond Sūtra” by 曇應 Tányìng (排)
About the work
A one-juan structural outline (kēpàn 科判) accompanying Tányìng’s main Vajracchedikā commentary, Jīngāng jīng cǎiwēi 金剛經采微 (KR6c0052). The text consists entirely of nested headings that map the sūtra into Tiāntái-style hierarchical sections (釋題 / 釋文; 序分 / 正宗 / 流通; 種姓不斷; 通示大綱 / 附文帖釋, etc.), with no commentary prose — its function is to render the parent commentary’s exegetical architecture visible at a glance, in the manner standard for late-Sòng Tiāntái scholastic publishing. The catalog credits Tányìng as pái 排 (“arranged”), while in KR6c0052 he is shù 述 (“expounded”). Preserved in Xùzàngjīng X24 no. 463. notBefore / notAfter match the parent commentary’s preface (1132) and revision (1163).
Abstract
Tányìng was a Southern-Sòng Tiāntái master, dharma-heir of 齊玉 Qíyù of the Shàngtiānzhúsì 上天竺寺 (Hángzhōu), and abbot of the Huìjiěsì 慧解寺 — whence his alternate name Huìjiě Tányìng 慧解曇應. The cǎiwēi trilogy (KR6c0051 outline; KR6c0052 commentary; KR6c0053 supplementary remarks) represents the Tiāntái reception of the Vajracchedikā in the generation between 知禮 Sìmíng Zhīlǐ (960–1028) and 善月 Shànyuè (1149–1241; cf. KR6c0050), and explicitly reads the sūtra against the Asaṅga / Vasubandhu commentaries (無著論, 天親頌) that had shaped earlier Chinese exegesis. The 科 was published as a separate volume — a common practice in Sòng monastic printing, where the outline circulated independently to facilitate study and recitation alongside the commentary proper.
Translations and research
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No substantial secondary literature located on this outline volume; for the parent commentary see KR6c0052.