Fù zǐ hé jí jīng 父子合集經

The Father-and-Son Joint Compilation Sūtra (Pitāputra-samāgama) by 日稱 (Rìchēng et al., 等譯)

About the work

This 20-fascicle text by 日稱 Rìchēng and his Sòng imperial-bureau team is the Pitāputra-samāgama-sūtra — the Mahāyāna sūtra on the Buddha’s reunion with his father King Śuddhodana. The text was incorporated into the [[KR6f0001|Mahā-ratnakūṭa]] tradition and also circulated independently.

Prefaces

No formal preface.

Abstract

The translation belongs to 日稱 Rìchēng’s mid-11th-century Sòng-bureau activity, c. 1058 – 1078 CE. The bracket adopted here reflects this window. The work is one of the substantial Northern-Sòng Mahāyāna translation projects.

The Taishō text (T0320) is established on the standard apparatus, including the Shīgǔ 獅谷 witness.

Translations and research

  • No substantial Western-language translation located.
  • CBETA T11n0320
  • Kanseki DB
  • Dazangthings date evidence (1060) — T = CBETA [Chinese Buddhist Electronic Text Association]. Taishō shinshū daizōkyō 大正新脩大藏經. Edited by Takakusu Junjirō 高楠順次郎 and Watanabe Kaigyoku 渡邊海旭. Tokyo: Taishō shinshū daizōkyō kankōkai/Daizō shuppan, 1924-1932. CBReader v 5.0, 2014.