Chánzōng sònggǔ liánzhū tōngjí 禪宗頌古聯珠通集 (Zhōnghuá Canon recension, 21 juan)
Complete Collection of Linked-Pearl Verses-on-Ancient-Cases of the Chán School — a twenty-one-juan alternate recension of the Sòng-Yuán Chán sònggǔ anthology originally compiled by Fǎyìng 法應 (Sòng) and continued by Pǔhuì 普會 (Yuán), here with a Míng-era re-collation (chóng jiào 重校) by Jìngjiè 淨戒. Distinct from the 卍續藏 40-juan recension KR6q0243.
About the work
A twenty-one-juan Sòng-Yuán-Míng transitional Chán sònggǔ anthology, preserved in the Zhōnghuá Canon (vol. 78, no. 1720). Non-commentary on a single parent text; commentedTextid omitted.
The 21-juan scope represents a substantially abridged form of the original 40-juan anthology (KR6q0243), likely produced by Míng-era recension as a more compact reference-edition for practical monastic use. Jìngjiè’s Míng-era re-collation preserves the core material while reducing the number of verse-responses per case.
See KR6q0243 for broader context on Fǎyìng, Pǔhuì, and the original 40-juan compilation.
Jìngjiè 淨戒: Míng-era re-collator of this 21-juan recension. Lifedates and specific biographical details unrecorded.
Dating: notBefore c. 1175 (Fǎyìng’s original compilation); notAfter c. 1450 (the approximate horizon for Jìngjiè’s Míng-era re-collation). The received form thus represents nearly three centuries of cumulative editorial development.
Links
- CBETA C078n1720
- Kanseki DB
- 卍續藏 recension: KR6q0243 (40 juan, Yuán-recension form without Jìngjiè’s Míng re-collation).