Kāiyuánsì qiúdé jīngshū jì děng mùlù 開元寺求得經疏記等目錄
The Catalog of Sutras-Commentaries-Records-etc. Obtained at Kāi-yuán-sì by 圓珍 (撰), = Enchin 圓珍 (814–891)
About the work
A single-juan Japanese Tang-pilgrim importation catalog, the first of five preserved catalogs by Enchin 圓珍 (Japanese Enchin, 814–891, posthumous title Zhìzhèng Dàshī 智證大師 / Chishō Daishi), one of the nittō hakke (and the foundational figure of the Tendai-Jimon 天台寺門 sub-school). This catalog specifically documents materials acquired at the Kāiyuánsì 開元寺 in Chángān during Enchin’s 853–858 Tang study mission. Preserved at T55 no. 2169.
Abstract
Authorship and date: by Enchin 圓珍 (Japanese, 814–891), produced upon his 858 return to Japan. notBefore = 858, notAfter = 858. Catalog dynasty 日本.
Enchin’s Tang study at Kāiyuánsì and other Chángān centers — taking place after the Huìchāng persecution (845) had largely ended Tang court Buddhist patronage — produced the last major Heian importation of Tang Buddhist materials and the foundation of the Tendai-Jimon institutional sub-school at Onjō-ji 園城寺 (Mii-dera) on Lake Biwa. He produced five preserved importation catalogs (KR6s0116–KR6s0120), the most extensive bibliographic coverage of any of the nittō hakke.
Translations and research
- Paul Groner, scholarship on the post-Saichō Tendai institutional history.
- Comprehensive Japanese Tendai-Jimon scholarly tradition.