Chéng wéishí lùn liǎoyì dēng jì 成唯識論了義燈記
Notes on the Lamp of Definitive Meaning of the Demonstration of Consciousness-Only by 智周 (Zhìzhōu, 撰)
About the work
A short single-fascicle sub-commentary by 智周 on 慧沼’s KR6n0030 Chéng wéishí lùn liǎoyì dēng (T43n1832). Preserved in the Xuzangjing (X49n0812). The text glosses Huìzhāo’s polemical commentary, supplementing the polemics against Yuáncè 圓測 and the Paramārtha-line Shèlùn doctrines with additional Cí’ēn-orthodox argumentation.
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Abstract
The work is one of three short sub-commentaries by 智周 on the Cí’ēn corpus on the Chéng wéishí lùn (alongside KR6n0035 and KR6n0032). It belongs to the second generation of Cí’ēn polemic-against-rival-readings — the layer that consolidated the orthodox Cí’ēn position established by Huìzhāo against the Korean and Paramārthan alternatives. Together these works fixed the standard Cí’ēn reading of T1585 as it would be transmitted to Heian Hossō. The dating bracket (700–733) reflects Zhìzhōu’s productive teaching period.
Translations and research
- Yoshimura Makoto 吉村誠. Chūgoku Yuishiki shisōshi kenkyū. Tokyo: Daizō shuppan, 2013.
- Yáng Jiànxiāo 楊劍霄. Huìzhāo yánjiū. Beijing, 2018.