Mílè shàngshēng jīng ruìyìng chāo kē 彌勒上生經瑞應鈔科
Topical Outline of the Auspicious-Manifestations Digest on the Maitreya Ascent Sūtra compiled by 守千 Shǒuqiān (集)
About the work
The Ruìyìng chāo kē 瑞應鈔科 is the structural outline (kē 科) that accompanies the main commentary Mílè shàngshēng jīng ruìyìng chāo (KR6i0044, X21n0394). In Chinese Buddhist commentary literature, the kē (topical outline) is a separate fascicle providing a structural key to the larger commentary, enabling readers to navigate the argument. This one-fascicle outline organizes the two-fascicle commentary (KR6i0044) into its major sections. The compiler is 守千 of Lóngxīng-sì 龍興寺 in Zhēndìng 真定 (modern Héběi), a Sòng-dynasty Yogācāra specialist.
Prefaces
The first fascicle opens with a preface signed by a Japanese monk at Kōfukuji 興福寺 (Nara) written in the Kyōhō era (享保, 1716–1736 CE), identifying 守千 as a Sòng-dynasty monk who modeled himself on Kāśyapa and Maitreya, composing more than ten commentaries.
Abstract
守千 was a Sòng-dynasty monk based at Lóngxīng-sì in Zhēndìng, a major Buddhist center in Héběi. He is identified in the Japanese-transmitted preface as a Yogācāra (wéishí 唯識) specialist, the leading exponent of the Fǎxiàng school in his time, who wrote more than ten commentaries. The kē (topical outline) accompanying the Ruìyìng chāo (KR6i0044) reflects standard Sòng-dynasty commentary production practice, in which structural outlines were issued as separate fascicles. The title Ruìyìng 瑞應 (“Auspicious Manifestations”) likely refers to the miraculous signs (光明, 蓮花, etc.) described in T452 at the opening of the sūtra.
Translations and research
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