Mílè shàngshēng jīng ruìyìng chāo 彌勒上生經瑞應鈔
Auspicious-Manifestations Digest on the Maitreya Ascent Sūtra compiled by 守千 Shǒuqiān (集)
About the work
The Ruìyìng chāo is a two-fascicle commentary digest (chāo 鈔) on the Guān Mílè shàngshēng jīng (KR6i0031, T452) by 守千 of Lóngxīng-sì 龍興寺 in Zhēndìng 真定 (Héběi), Sòng dynasty. It is the main text for which the kē (KR6i0043) provides the structural outline. The text opens: 上生經瑞應鈔卷上 / 真定府龍興寺比丘僧守千集 — identifying the author and place of composition explicitly. A chāo 鈔 in this context is a digest commentary that synthesizes earlier commentaries and explains the text section by section.
Prefaces
The first fascicle opens with the author attribution and presumably a brief introduction before the commentary proper.
Abstract
守千’s Ruìyìng chāo is the most substantial Sòng-dynasty commentary on T452. Its title Ruìyìng 瑞應 (“Auspicious Manifestations”) refers to the miraculous opening of the sūtra — the Buddha radiating golden light, the heavenly flowers falling, the assembly marveling — which function as nimitta (auspicious signs) of the teaching. The commentary draws on prior exegetical works by 窺基 Kuījī (KR6i0038) and 元曉 Wŏnhyo (KR6i0039) and brings together the Yogācāra tradition’s full interpretation of the Maitreya ascent narrative for Sòng-dynasty readers. The text is preserved primarily through the Japanese-transmitted Xùzàngjīng (supplementary canon), suggesting it was transmitted to Japan and preserved there when Chinese copies were lost during the wars of the Sòng-Yuán transition. The Japanese Kōfukuji 興福寺 edition (18th century) is mentioned in the preface of KR6i0043.
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