Huáyán jīng sānshí jiǔ pǐn dà yì 華嚴經三十九品大意
The Main Idea of the Thirty-Nine Chapters of the Huáyán Scripture by 永光 (Yǒngguāng, 敬錄 / respectfully recorded)
About the work
This 1-fascicle text is the late-Qīng chapter-by-chapter synopsis of the 39 chapters of the [[KR6e0010|80-fascicle Avataṃsaka]] by 永光 Yǒngguāng. The format — dà yì “main idea” — provides a compact summary of the principal doctrinal-narrative content of each chapter, suitable for monastic and lay readers requiring an accessible introduction.
Prefaces
No formal preface.
Abstract
The work is precisely datable through the colophon to Guāngxù 31 / yǐsì 乙巳 (1905 CE), per DILA A000281. The bracket adopted here (1905 – 1905) reflects this exact dating. The work — produced just six years before the fall of the Qīng — is one of the latest pre-modern Chinese Buddhist commentaries on the Avataṃsaka and documents the continuing vitality of traditional Buddhist publishing at the end of the imperial period.
The work is preserved in the Manji Xù zàng jīng (X242) collection.
Translations and research
- No substantial Western-language translation located.