Xiánshǒu wǔ jiào yí 賢首五教儀
The Doctrinal Procedures of Xiánshǒu’s Five Teachings by 續法 (Xùfǎ, 集錄)
About the work
This 6-fascicle work by the great Qīng Buddhist scholar 續法 Xùfǎ (1641–1728) is the most ambitious early-Qīng commentary on 法藏 Fǎzàng’s Five Teachings doxography (cf. [[KR6e0074|Wǔ jiào zhāng]]). Xùfǎ — known in the East Asian Buddhist tradition as one of the most important late-imperial Huáyán-school authorities — restructures Fǎzàng’s classical schema in a yí 儀 (“ritual procedures”) format, providing systematic instruction for monastic-doctrinal study.
Prefaces
No formal preface.
Abstract
The bracket adopted here (1660 – 1715) reflects 續法 Xùfǎ’s mature scholarly activity. The Wǔ jiào yí is part of Xùfǎ’s vast commentary corpus on the Huáyán-school doctrinal apparatus, which together (cf. [[KR6e0143|Wǔ jiào yí kāi méng]], [[KR6e0144|Duàn zhèng sān jué jiǎn làn tú]], etc.) constitutes the late-imperial Huáyán doctrinal curriculum.
The work is preserved in the Manji Xù zàng jīng (X1024) collection.
Translations and research
- No substantial Western-language translation located.
- Yoshizu Yoshihide 吉津宜英. Kegon zen no shisōshi-teki kenkyū (1985).
- Hamar, Imre, ed. Reflecting Mirrors (2007).