Sìfēn lǜ hánzhù jièběn shū kē 四分律含注戒本疏科
Topical Outline for the Commentary on the Embedded-Annotation Prātimokṣa by 元照 (Yuánzhào, 錄)
About the work
A four-fascicle topical outline (科 kē) for the commentary on Dàoxuān’s Hánzhù jièběn (KR6k0131), recorded (錄 lù) by Yuánzhào 元照 (元照). The 科 kē genre — outlines / topical synopses — is a standard medieval Chinese Buddhist scholastic apparatus providing the analytical structure of a parent commentary.
Prefaces
Author’s colophon: 宋元照錄.
Abstract
Yuánzhào’s outline supplies the working analytical structure for the study of the Dàoxuān-period Hánzhù jièběn commentary tradition. The outline format facilitated rapid reference and instructional use, making the parent text accessible to Sòng-period students of the Sìfēn Vinaya.