Wéimó jīng yì jì juǎn dì sì 維摩經義記卷第四
Notes on the Meaning of the Vimalakīrti Sūtra, Fascicle Four (anonymous Dunhuang manuscript commentary)
About the work
The Wéimó jīng yì jì fascicle 4 (T2769) is the fourth-fascicle fragment of an originally larger Dunhuang Vimalakīrti commentary; the other fascicles do not survive. The Taishō header cross-references No. 475 (Kumārajīva’s translation). This is part of the Dunhuang fragment cluster (T2768–T2778, several of which are catalogued in this division).
Prefaces
The surviving text begins mid-fascicle (the title 卷第四 indicates this is the fourth fascicle of an originally multi-fascicle work).
Abstract
This fragment is one of the Dunhuang Vimalakīrti commentaries preserved at Taishō volume 85. The fragmentary state and lack of authorship attribution are typical of the corpus. The doctrinal content suggests Tang-era origin, possibly related to or distinct from KR6i0087 (T2768) — both share the yìjì genre title. The Dunhuang scriptorium produced multiple Vimalakīrti commentaries through the Tang and into the Tibetan and Guīyìjūn 歸義軍 periods (mid-9th to late-10th c.).
Translations and research
- Pelliot, Paul. Inventaire sommaire des manuscrits chinois de la Bibliothèque nationale. Paris, 1908.