Fóshuō zhǎngzhě Yīnyuè jīng 佛說長者音悅經

Sūtra of the Elder Yīnyuè translated by 支謙 (Zhī Qiān, 譯)

About the work

The Fóshuō zhǎngzhě Yīnyuè jīng (T531) is a one-fascicle short sūtra by Zhī Qiān 支謙 (支謙). Yīnyuè 音悅 may be a Chinese semantic translation rather than transliteration.

Prefaces

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Abstract

A short avadāna on an elder named Yīnyuè. Translation dated to Zhī Qiān’s Wú productive period (222–252 CE).

Translations and research

  • No substantial secondary literature located.
  • CBETA T14n0531
  • Kanseki DB
  • 支謙 DILA
  • Dazangthings date evidence (245) — T = CBETA [Chinese Buddhist Electronic Text Association]. Taishō shinshū daizōkyō 大正新脩大藏經. Edited by Takakusu Junjirō 高楠順次郎 and Watanabe Kaigyoku 渡邊海旭. Tokyo: Taishō shinshū daizōkyō kankōkai/Daizō shuppan, 1924-1932. CBReader v 5.0, 2014.