Fànwǎngjīng shùnzhū 梵網經順硃
The Vermilion-Marked Brahmajāla Sūtra by 德玉 (Dé Yù, 順硃)
About the work
A two-fascicle early-Qīng commentary on the Fànwǎng jīng by Dé Yù 德玉 (德玉). 順硃 shùnzhū “vermilion-marked” indicates a commentarial format in which the parent text is presented with red-ink (硃 = 朱) marginal annotations.
Prefaces
Author’s colophon: 清德玉順硃.
Abstract
The shùnzhū genre — sūtra texts with red-ink commentarial annotation — was a popular early-Qīng format for the practical study of canonical texts. Dé Yù’s Fànwǎng edition presents the bodhisattva-precept text with concise marginal explanations suited to instructional and devotional use.