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The Life of Daoxuan: According to Others and His Own Word=自語他言：文字中的釋道宣 |
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Zou, Ang (著)
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| Edition | 1st Edition |
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| Date | 2019.05 |
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| Pages | 340 |
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| Publisher | Buddhist College of Singapore & Kong Meng San Phor Kark See Monastery |
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https://www.kmspks.org/
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| Location | Singapore [新加坡] |
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| Content type | 書籍=Book |
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| Language | 英文=English |
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| Abstract | This book focuses on the life of Daoxuan that revealed by the monk himself and that penned down by others. More importantly, it sets out to see why this monk is so linked to
and respected in the field of vinaya. Is it because a great number of his works are devoted to that subject, or simply that he lives up to the vinaya stipulations? Furthermore, it is one of the key tasks of this study to explore why Daoxuan was the first Chinese monk ever to define hufa as an ideal that monks should aspire to and installed it as one of the ten categories of the eminent monks in his Xu gaoseng zhuan. Daoxuan, at a certain point, even went on to declare the hufa as the most prominent among the ten ideals in regards to the survival of the Buddha-dharma. What is his understanding of hufa, and since it is so greatly viewed, what does Daoxuan to hufa?
Similarly, it is intriguing that Daoxuan was the first monk to cite evidence from Sifen lü nearly two centuries after its introduction into China and considered this text to be Mahāyāna. What were the reason(s) behind his move? Why was it him and not anyone else? Also central to this study is to understand why Daoxuan was the first monk to
introduce the recitation of Yijiao jing, supposedly the last instructions of the Buddha, to be conducted alongside the full ordination ceremony. To answer all these questions, this
research seeks to explore the life of Daoxuan as recorded in the works of others as well as in his own words.
Identifying the largest number ever of books pertaining to the life of Daoxuan, classifying the sources, comparing and contrasting, highlighting the origins of the sources, establishing his extant works, giving conclusions, and offering conjectures are the ways that the present book fulfils its overriding aim: to enhance the understanding of the life of Daoxuan. Through this study, we see Daoxuan emerge from the sources as a diligent student, a tireless traveller, a Mahāyāna-aspired vinaya master, a prolific writer, and an
indefatigable hufa monk. Each of these portrayals defines a separate aspect of his life; however, it is only when they are viewed through the hufa perspective that the seemingly independent facets of his life become coherent, so does our understanding of Daoxuan. |
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| Table of contents | The Life of Daoxuan 1
Part Ⅰ 1
Ⅰ Introduction 1
I.1 Locating the Sources 3
I.2 Organizing and Classifying the Primary Sources 5
Table 1: The Master Table 6
Table 2: Classification of the Sources 14
The Life of Daoxuan 18
Part Ⅱ 18
According to Others 18
Ⅱ.1 Introduction 18
II.2 First-hand Information 21
Ⅱ.3 Stable Information 34
Ⅱ.4 A Flood of Information 35
Ⅱ.5 Summarizing the Information 64
Ⅱ.6 Conclusion 87
The Life of Daoxuan 90
Part III 90
In His Own Words 90
III.1 Introduction 90
III.2 Daoxuan’s Works 91
Table 3: The Extant Works of Daoxuan and Works Listed in Da Tang neidian lu 93
III.3 Daoxuan’s Family 99
III.4 Daoxuan’s Monastic Life 101
III.4.1 The Length of Daoxuan’s Career 101
III.4.2 Daoxuan’s Teachers 111
Table 4: Different Terms for Teacher or Master in the Vinaya Texts 111
Table 5: Daoxuan and His Teachers 113
Ⅲ4.2.1 Master Huiyun 114
III4.2.2 Master Zhishou 116
III4.2.3 Master Fali 120
III4.2.4 Master Huixiu 120
III4.2.5 Master Zhichao 121
III4.2.6 Conclusion 122
III4.3 Daoxuan’s Travels 123
Table 6: Daoxuan’s Travels 125
III4.4 Daoxuan’s Conversations with the Devas 131
Table 7: The Names of the Four Heavenly Kings 132
III4.4.1 The Time and Location of the Conversations 134
III4.4.2 The Nature of the Conversations 134
Table 8: The Names of the Devas in Daoxuan’s Works 136
III4.4.3 The Previous and Future Lives of Daoxuan 137
III4.4.4 Questions and Answers 139
III4.4.5 Conclusion 140
III4.5 Daoxuan’s Relations with Other Tang Masters 141
III4.5.1 Master Falin 141
III4.5.2 Master Xuanzang 144
III4.5.2.1 The Translation Team 144
Table 9: The Translation Team 144
III4.5.2.2 The Ximing Monastery 149
III4.5.2.3 Conclusion 150
The Life of Daoxuan 151
Part IV 151
Daoxuan’s Hufa Activities 151
IV.1 Introduction 151
IV.2 The Term Explained: What is Hufa? 152
Table 10: The Hufa masters in Xu gaoseng zhuan 153
IV.3 Fighting Fu Yi’s Anti-Buddhist Proposal 156
IV.3.1 Historical Background 157
IV.3.2 Fu Yi and His Anti-Buddhist Proposal 157
Table 11: Fu Yi’s Anti-Buddhist Proposal 162
IV.3.3 Religious Policy during the Wude Era 167
Table 12: Gaozu’s Sha tai Decree 170
IV.3.4 Daoxuan’s Response 172
IV.3.4.1 Questioning Fu Yi’s Personality 172
IV.3.4.2 Counter-attacking Fu Yi’s Arguments 175
IV.4 Protesting against Gaozong’s Decrees 178
Table 13: Gaozong’s Decrees and Daoxuan’s Responses 180
IV.5 Promoting Vinaya 187
IV.5.1 Daoxuan’s Source Material for His Vinaya Works 187
Table 14: The Four Vinaya Texts 188
IV.5.2 Daoxuan’s Vinaya 189
IV.5.2.1 Establishing Sifen lü as the Principal Vinaya Text 189
IV.5.2.2 Proving that Sifen Lü is Mahāyāna 192
IV.5.2.2.1 Five Pieces of Evidence 192
Table 15: The Five Pieces of Evidence in Sifen lü 197
IV.5.2.2.2 Daoxuan’s Motivation to Prove that Sifen lü is Mahāyāna 198
IV.5.2.3 Differences between Daoxuan’s Vinaya and the Vinaya Texts 199
IV.5.2.3.1 Constructing a Jietan (Full Ordination Platform) 200
IV.5.2.3.2 Recitation of Yijiao jing 205
IV.5.3 The Impact of Daoxuan’s Promotion of Vinaya 208
The Life of Daoxuan 209
Part V 209
Conclusion 209
Appendix 1: Kuiji’s Chapters on Various Topics of the Teaching of Mahāyāna 213
Appendix 2: Dates of the Texts Listed in the Master Table 215
Appendix 3: Daoxuan in Fayuan zhulin 222
Appendix 4, Part 1: The Evolution of Specific Elements in the Life Story of Daoxuan 222
Appendix 4, Part 2: The Evolution of Specific Elements in the Life Story of Daoxuan 228
Appendix 4, Part 3: The Evolution of Specific Elements in the Life Story of Daoxuan 230
Appendix 4, Part 4: The Evolution of Specific Elements in the Life Story of Daoxuan 232
Appendix 5: The Date of Xu gaoseng zhuan 234
Appendix 5, Tabl |
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| ISBN | 9789811411441 |
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| Created date | 2024.05.20 |
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| Modified date | 2024.05.28 |
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