Taizhou Catalog Brought by Master Dengyō (傳教大師將來臺州錄)

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Japan · by 最澄撰

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The "Catalog of Teachings Brought from Taizhou by the Great Teacher Saichō" compiled by the Great Teacher Saichō in the early Heian period of Japan is an important Buddhist bibliographical document. This catalog records the list of Buddhist scriptures and texts that Saichō collected in Taizhou and other regions during his journey to Tang China from 804 to 805 to seek the Dharma, and subsequently brought back to Japan. Its contents encompass a wide range of commentaries and treatises from the Tiantai school, Esoteric Buddhism, Vinaya, and other traditions, reflecting the flourishing state of Buddhism in Taizhou during the Tang dynasty. This catalog not only serves as crucial historical material for the study of Sino-Japanese Buddhist exchange, but also bears witness to the scriptural sources underlying the establishment of Japanese Tendai Buddhism, exerting a profound influence on the development of Japanese Buddhism.