Guānyīn jīng yìshū jì huìběn kē 觀音經義疏記會本科文
Sectional Analysis of the Combined Edition of the Guānyīn Sūtra Yìshū Subcommentary Anonymous (late Míng or early Qing).
About the work
A single-juan anonymous kēwén 科文 (sectional analysis) of the late-Míng combined edition of 知禮’s Zhīlǐ Guānyīn yìshū jì (KR6d0049, T1729). Together with its parallel tiáogè outline (KR6d0054) and the corresponding apparatus on the Xuányì jì (KR6d0050, KR6d0051), it constitutes the late-Míng auxiliary navigational apparatus on Zhīlǐ’s Pǔmén corpus undertaken by 王季常 Wáng Jìcháng’s circle in 1628–1629.
Prefaces
The text in the X35n0643 recension carries no separate translator’s preface. The work consists exclusively of hierarchical structural diagrams showing the kēpàn 科判 sectional division of the combined-edition Yìshū jì: “Juan 1 Kē: explaining the shū (in two): first, explaining the title-heading (in two): first, properly explaining the title; second, the recording person…”
Abstract
The Kēwén parallels KR6d0050 (the Xuányì jì kēwén) in providing a structural-outline navigational aid to the corresponding combined-edition text. The two kēwén together reflect the standardised late-Míng editorial method for major Sòng commentarial works: pair each principal subcommentary with both a sectional-analysis (kēwén) and a topic-outline (tiáogè) navigational aid, providing readers with both hierarchical structural and topic-index entry points into the dense scholastic text.
The dating is most plausibly fixed to the period of the parallel combined-edition project (1628–1629), with the bracket extended to 1700 to allow for late-Míng or early-Qing redactional activity. The work was incorporated into the Manji-zoku canonical apparatus from the Jīnlíng / Jiāxīngzàng publishing tradition.
Translations and research
No substantial secondary literature located.
Other points of interest
The systematic provision of pair-wise kēwén and tiáogè apparatus for both Tiāntái Pǔmén subcommentaries demonstrates the late-Míng monastic publishing enterprise’s commitment to the comprehensive preparation of major Sòng commentarial works for accessible readership. The four auxiliary works (KR6d0050, KR6d0051, KR6d0053, KR6d0054) are best understood as a single coordinated editorial enterprise rather than as four independent productions.