Huìyùn chánshī jiānglái jiàofǎ mùlù 惠運禪師將來教法目錄
The Catalog of Teaching-Dharma Brought Back by the Chán Master Huì-yùn by 惠運 (撰), = Eun 惠運 (798–869)
About the work
A single-juan Japanese Tang-pilgrim importation catalog by Eun 惠運 (Japanese Eun, 798–869), one of the nittō hakke. Eun traveled to Tang in 842 (returning 847 with Ennin’s embassy). His catalog documents the texts and Esoteric ritual materials brought back. The first of two preserved Eun catalogs (cf. KR6s0115). Preserved at T55 no. 2168A.
Abstract
Authorship and date: by Eun 惠運 (Japanese, 798–869), produced upon his 847 return to Japan. notBefore = 847, notAfter = 847. Catalog dynasty 日本.
Eun was a Shingon-school monk who studied Esoteric Buddhism in Tang China during the period of the Huìchāng persecution (845) — making his Tang stay particularly traumatic and his successful return one of the more dramatic episodes of the nittō hakke tradition. He subsequently became a senior figure in the Heian Shingon school.
Translations and research
See KR6s0107 for general references on the nittō hakke tradition.
Links
- DILA authority: (no preserved Chinese DILA entry)
- CBETA: T55n2168A
- Author: Eun 惠運 (798–869)
- Tradition: 入唐八家 nittō hakke; Shingon school
- Companion Eun catalog: KR6s0115