Tang Dynasty Buddhist Canon Catalog (大唐內典錄)

About 大唐內典錄

Tang · by 道宣撰

130,115 · about 434 min

The *Great Tang Catalogue of Buddhist Scriptures*, compiled by the eminent monk and Vinaya master Daoxuan in the first year of the Linde era, is a significant Buddhist bibliography. Comprising ten volumes in total, it collects Buddhist translations and texts from the Eastern Han dynasty to the early Tang period. It systematically records translators and their eras and pioneered a classified cataloguing system. This catalogue is not only an authoritative document for the study of Chinese Buddhist history and the history of sutra translation but also played a foundational role in the formation of later Buddhist canons. It holds a lofty position in Buddhist bibliography and is an essential classic for understanding the circulation and compilation of Buddhist scriptures before the Tang dynasty.