Continuation of the Zhenyuan Era Catalog of Buddhist Scriptures (續貞元釋教錄)

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Southern Tang · by 恒安集

6,712 · about 22 min

The Continued Zhenyuan Catalog of Buddhist Scriptures, compiled by the monk Heng'an during the Southern Tang dynasty, serves as a supplement to the Zhenyuan Catalog of Buddhist Scriptures compiled by Yuanzhao in the Tang dynasty. Completed during the turbulent period of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, this work aims to organize and record the translations and compositions of Buddhist scriptures from the late Tang to the Southern Tang era. It includes numerous newly translated sutras, treatises, and indigenous writings. Following the traditional cataloging style of Buddhist texts, it classifies and records the titles, volumes, translators, and summaries of Buddhist scriptures, providing crucial historical material for the study of Buddhist literature in the Five Dynasties period. Although this catalog has not been widely circulated, it connects the past with the future and holds significant reference value for the formation of the Chinese Buddhist canon and the development of Buddhist bibliography.