Lèngyán jīng zhízhǐ kēwén 楞嚴經直指科文
Sectional Outline of the Direct-Pointing Commentary on the Śūraṃgamasūtra by 圅昰 (作)
About the work
A short single-fascicle (1卷) sectional-outline (kēwén 科文) accompanying 圅昰’s Lèngyánjīng zhízhǐ 楞嚴經直指 (KR6j0699, X14 no. 291). The catalog meta records no author for this entry; however, the work is the structural-outline companion to KR6j0699 and is conventionally attributed to Tiānrán Hánshì 天然圅昰 圅昰 (1608 – 1685), the late-Míng / early-Qīng Cáodòng-school master of the Lǐngnán region. Preserved as X14 no. 290 in the Xùzàngjīng.
Abstract
The work opens with the standard kēwén layout: “Wholesūtra major outline (in three): / Initial: preface section (in two) / Initial: the various sūtras’ general examples (in two) / Initial: speaking time-and-place …” (○全經大科(三)：初序分(二)：初諸經通例(二)：初說時處 …). The structure is the topical key to the parent Zhízhǐ commentary, providing the hierarchical sectional analysis necessary to follow Hánshì’s distinctive Cáodòng-Chán reading of the Lèngyánsūtra.
The dating bracket is set to 1640 – 1685, the productive Cáodòng-school career of Hánshì from his establishment as abbot at the Léifēngsì 雷峰寺 / Hǎiyúnsì 海雲寺 / Lúshān Guīzōngsì 廬山歸宗寺 through to his death.
Translations and research
Reminder: AI generated list - beware of hallucinations. Corrections and additions welcome
No substantial secondary literature on the kēwén itself. See KR6j0699 for the parent commentary.