Tiansheng Buddhist Canon Catalogue (天聖釋教總錄)

About 天聖釋教總錄

Song · by 惟淨等編修

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The Tiansheng Catalogue of the Buddhist Canon was compiled and completed in the fifth year of the Tiansheng era by the Song Dynasty translation bureau monk Weijing and others. This work is the first officially compiled Buddhist catalogue of the Song Dynasty, systematically organizing Chinese-translated Buddhist scriptures from the Eastern Han to the early Song period. It records in detail sutra titles, numbers of scrolls, translators, and information on textual variations, and includes historical discussions on scripture translation. Inheriting the format of the Kaiyuan Catalogue of the Buddhist Canon by Zhisheng of the Tang Dynasty while achieving greater conciseness, it provides essential evidence for the study of Song Dynasty Buddhist literature and canon editions, holding a pivotal position in the history of Chinese Buddhist bibliography as a link between past and future.