Recompiled Record of Buddhist Monasteries in Luoyang (重刊洛陽伽藍記)

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Republic of China · by 徐高阮撰

64,808 · about 216 min

The reprint of *A Record of Buddhist Monasteries in Luoyang*, compiled and published by Xu Gaoruan during the Republic of China period, is a collated and reissued edition of the original work by Yang Xuanzhi of the Northern Wei Dynasty. Completed after the Northern Wei capital was moved to Ye City, during the decline of Luoyang's Buddhist monasteries, the book recalls the flourishing Buddhist temples of Luoyang at the height of the Northern Wei era, documenting temple architecture, religious activities, and social customs. Its contents cover the rise and fall of over forty monasteries, alongside political, economic, and cultural historical materials, vividly recreating the splendor of Central Plains Buddhism in the sixth century. As a classic of Chinese Buddhist geographical records and historical literature, it is not only an essential document for the study of Northern Dynasties Buddhist history and social history but is also celebrated as a treasure among transmitted Buddhist texts, holding irreplaceable value for understanding medieval Buddhist monastic economies and cultural dissemination.