Mid- to late-Táng Cí’ēn 慈恩 / Yogācāra master and exegete. DILA Authority A001009. Lifedates and biographical details unrecorded; productive period probably mid- to late-eighth century, or possibly into the early ninth. Compiler (集) of the Fǎhuá jīng xuánzàn yàojí 法華經玄贊要集 (KR6d0030, X34n0638, in 31 juan) — the most extensive surviving subcommentary on Kuījī’s Miàofǎ liánhuá jīng xuánzàn (KR6d0026, T1723), longer than Huìzhāo’s Yìjué (KR6d0027), Zhìzhōu’s Shèshì (KR6d0028), and Chóngjùn’s Juézé jì (KR6d0029) combined.
Source: DILA A001009; X34n0638.