Xiānjué jí 先覺集
Collected Records of the Formerly-Awakened
compiled by 陶明潛 Táo Míngqián (輯), late Míng
About the work
A one-juan late-Míng anthology of brief biographical notices and enlightenment-occasion records for laypeople of recognised Chán attainment — the “Collected [Records of the] Formerly-Awakened.” Compiled by the lay editor Táo Míngqián.
Abstract
A compact lay-practitioner anthology in the same genre as 朱時恩 Zhū Shí’ēn’s Jūshì fēndēng lù (KR6q0039), selecting exemplary lay Chán figures from earlier lamp records and recorded-sayings literature and presenting them in condensed form for the late-Míng lay-Buddhist reading market.
Translations and research
No English translation. Mentioned within scholarship on late-Míng lay Buddhism; no dedicated monograph.
Other points of interest
Part of the broader late-Míng publishing phenomenon of compact lay-Chán readers, for which 瞿汝稷 Qú Rǔjī’s Zhǐyuè lù (KR6q0023) was the paradigm and chief market success.