Mílè shàngshēng jīng shùzàn 彌勒上生經述贊
Narrated Eulogy on the Maitreya Ascent Sūtra Author unknown
About the work
The Mílè shàngshēng jīng shùzàn is an anonymous commentary in the shùzàn 述贊 (“narrated eulogy”) format on the Guān Mílè shàngshēng jīng (KR6i0031, T452), preserved in the Xùzàngjīng 卍新纂大日本續藏經 (vol. 21). The text opens with a sustained symbolic exegesis of the jeweled walls of Tuṣita palace (described as 62 yojana high, symbolizing transcendence of 62 wrong views; 14 yojana thick, symbolizing defeating 14 unanswerable questions), suggesting close familiarity with Yogācāra doctrinal categories and vocabulary reminiscent of 窺基 Kuījī’s style. The only canon witness listed is 【大→麗】 (Korean Tripiṭaka), suggesting the text was preserved primarily in the Korean canon.
Prefaces
No preface; the text opens mid-argument in what appears to be the commentary proper.
Abstract
The shùzàn on T452 is an anonymous Táng-dynasty commentary using Yogācāra doctrinal vocabulary, possibly composed in China or Korea. The characteristic symbolic interpretation of the numerical details of Tuṣita palace (62 yojana = 62 wrong views; 14 yojana = 14 unanswerable questions) is a standard Yogācāra allegorizing technique attested in 窺基’s commentary (KR6i0038) and suggests the author worked within that tradition. A companion piece, the Mílè xiàshēng jīng shùzàn (KR6i0042, X21n0389), treats the descent sūtra. Together the two texts represent an anonymous commentarial pair complementing the identified commentaries on the Maitreya sūtras (KR6i0037–KR6i0040).
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