Chánlín bǎoxùn yīn yì 禪林寶訓音義
Sound and Meaning Glosses on the Chánlín bǎoxùn
A Ming-dynasty philological-exegetical commentary on KR6q0099 Chánlín bǎoxùn 禪林寶訓 by 大建 Dàjiàn
About the work
A one-juan Ming-dynasty yīn yì 音義 (“sound and meaning”) philological apparatus for the parent text KR6q0099 Chánlín bǎoxùn. X64 n1262. commentedTextid: KR6q0099.
The yīn yì genre within Chinese Buddhist scholastic tradition supplies pronunciation-and-meaning glosses for difficult characters and unfamiliar terminology in canonical texts. Dàjiàn’s work applies this standard philological apparatus to the Chánlín bǎoxùn, providing the reading-aids required for Ming-period monks and students engaging with the Southern-Sòng text.
Tiyao
Not a WYG text; no 四庫 tíyào exists.
Abstract
Dàjiàn 大建 (lifedates unrecorded), Ming-dynasty editor-collator (jiào 較) responsible for this yīn yì apparatus. No independent biographical material; no DILA authority entry identified. Catalog dynasty 明.
Dating bracket: notBefore 1500, notAfter 1600 (working Ming-period bracket).
Translations and research
- Yifa. 2002. The Origins of Buddhist Monastic Codes in China. Hawai’i (background on the Chánlín bǎoxùn tradition).
Other points of interest
The yīn yì 音義 philological apparatus for KR6q0099 Chánlín bǎoxùn represents the continuing commentarial tradition on that influential Southern-Sòng Chán admonition-text. A more extensive later companion is KR6q0154 Chánlín bǎoxùn hé zhù (1692) by the brothers Zhāng Wénjiā and Zhāng Wénxiàn.