Fóshuō Shì tóngzǐ jīng 佛說逝童子經
Sūtra of the Boy Shì translated by 支法度 (Zhī Fǎdù, 譯)
About the work
The Fóshuō Shì tóngzǐ jīng (T527) is a one-fascicle short sūtra by the Western Jìn translator Zhī Fǎdù 支法度 (支法度). The protagonist Shì tóngzǐ 逝童子 (“the Boy Shì”) is parallel to KR6i0158 Púsà Shì jīng (T528).
Prefaces
The text opens with the canonical formula.
Abstract
A short avadāna-style narrative on a boy who attains bodhisattva-vyākaraṇa. Zhī Fǎdù was active around 290–306 CE in the late Western Jìn; this is one of his few surviving translations. Cf. KR6i0158 for the parallel text by Bái Fǎzǔ.
Translations and research
- No substantial secondary literature located.
Links
- CBETA T14n0527
- Kanseki DB
- 支法度 DILA
- Dazangthings date evidence (301) — Fajing 法經. Zhongjing mulu 眾經目錄 T2146. T2146 (LV) 119a2.