Manuscripts, printed canons, and extra-canonical sources

A case study based on a biography from the Xu Gaoseng Zhuan (Further Biographies of Eminent Monks) by Daoxuan 道宣 (596–667)

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ID22347450
AuthorsJinhua Chen (0000-0003-2270-8248, University of British Columbia, corresponding author)
Year2016
Volume2
Issue2
Pages137-156
Publication date2016-04-02
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueStudies in Chinese Religions (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2372-9988 • E-ISSN: 2372-9996
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/23729988.2016.1199160
OpenAlexW2469724874
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited2

In studying the Chinese Buddhist canon, or even individual texts preserved in different editions of the canon, scholars have concentrated too much on its printed editions. This emphasis has been to the negligence of three kinds of major sources that may closely bear on the studies of the Chinese Buddhist canon: (1) the manuscript editions of the canon, which were generally created before the printed edition, or Buddhist manuscripts hand-copied individually; (2) secular sources not included in various editions of the canon (the so-called extra-canonical sources); and finally, (3) canonical texts with quotes or paraphrases of earlier ones, scriptural or non-scriptural. This article by no means intends to address these issues with a comprehensiveness that they deserve. Rather, it will limit itself to some passing remarks on these issues

Art · Biography · Buddhism · Canon · Canonical form · Literature · Pure mathematics · Theology · Chinese history and philosophy · Classics · Computer Science · History · Hong Kong and Taiwan Politics · Japanese History and Culture · Mathematics · Philosophy

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