Zhao Lun Shu (肇論疏)

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Jin · by 惠達撰

43,858 · about 146 min

The *Commentary on the Treatise of Zhao*, composed by Huida during the Eastern Jin Dynasty, is a significant Buddhist exegetical work annotating Sengzhao's *Treatise of Zhao*. Completed during the flourishing period of Buddhist doctrinal studies in the Northern and Southern Dynasties, it systematically elucidates Sengzhao's core ideas concerning the emptiness of prajñā, the non-movement of phenomena, the unreality of the unreal, and the namelessness of nirvāṇa. Integrating Lao-Zhuang metaphysical thought with Madhyamaka philosophy, it demonstrates the creative comprehension of Indian Buddhist learning within the Chinese context. As an essential text for the study of the Three Treatise School and Wei-Jin Buddhist philosophy, it not only deepens the doctrinal investigation of the *Treatise of Zhao* but also provides crucial theoretical support for the establishment of the Chinese Buddhist philosophical system, holding a pivotal position in the intellectual history of East Asian Buddhism as a link between past and future.