Huáyán xuán tán huì xuán jì 華嚴懸談會玄記
Compilation of “Convergence on the Profound” Notes on the Profound Discourses of the Huáyán by 普瑞 (Pǔruì, 集 / compiled)
About the work
The Huì xuán jì in 40 fascicles is the great Yuán-period synthesis-commentary by 普瑞 Pǔruì on the xuán tán (玄談 — preliminary doctrinal essays) sections of 澄觀 Chéngguān’s Shū and Chāo. At 40 fascicles, this is the largest single Yuán Buddhist commentarial work on a Tang Buddhist text, drawing together the entire Sòng-period commentary tradition on Chéngguān’s xuán tán into a unified doctrinal apparatus.
Prefaces
No formal preface.
Abstract
The bracket adopted here (1300 – 1368) reflects the Yuán dynasty period during which the work was composed. The 40-fascicle scope makes the Huì xuán jì one of the most ambitious Buddhist commentarial projects of the Yuán dynasty, comparable in scope to the parallel Sòng huì běn projects (Shū-Chāo huì běn, Hé lùn). Its consolidation of the Sòng commentary tradition makes it an essential reference for understanding the late-imperial Chinese Huáyán-school doctrinal landscape.
The work is preserved in the Manji Xù zàng jīng (X236) collection.
Translations and research
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- No substantial Western-language translation located.
- Hamar, Imre, ed. Reflecting Mirrors (2007).
- Yoshizu Yoshihide 吉津宜英. Kegon zen no shisōshi-teki kenkyū (1985) — substantial treatment of Pǔruì.
Other points of interest
- The 40-fascicle scope of the Huì xuán jì is exceptional for a Yuán-period Buddhist commentarial work, and reflects the deep continuity of Tang-Sòng-Yuán Huáyán-school scholarship over nearly seven centuries.