Chu sanzang ji ji

The Chu sanzang jiji or Collected Records Concerning the Tripitaka (出三藏記集, T 2145) includes the earliest extant catalog of Chinese Buddhist texts. It was compiled by Sengyou of the Liang Dynasty and finished c. 515 CE.^[1]^[2] In addition to the catalog, the Chu sanzang jiji also includes an introduction describing the translation process and its challenges, a collection of biographies of translators, and a set of prefaces to scriptures giving historical context. Sengyou's main source in the compilation of the catalog was a catalog compiled by Dao'an^[3] (312–385), which is now lost.

The Chu sanzang jiji is included in Volume 55 of the Taishō Tripiṭaka in fifteen fascicles. An edition of the text by Jinren Su and Liani Xiao^[4] corrects the punctuation errors in the Taishō Tripiṭaka.

Outline

Introduction - fascicle 1
Catalog - fascicles 2–5
Prefaces - fascicles 6–12
Biographies - fascicles 13–15

Influence

The Chu sanzang jiji has been a source of information on dates and translator attribution for later catalogs and East Asian Buddhist canons. Radich^[5] states that Fei Changfang appears to used Chu sanzang jiji attribution data in his Records of the Three Treasuries Throughout Successive Dynasties (歷代三寳記; T2034) in addition his own questionable attributions. These attributions and dates have been used in the Taishō Tripiṭaka.

References

^ Nattier, Jan (2008). A Guide to the Earliest Chinese Buddhist Translations: Texts from the Eastern Han 東漢 and Three Kingdoms 三國 Periods. Tokyo: International Research Institute for Advanced Buddhology, Soka University. p. 11.
^ Deeg, Max (2008). "Creating religious terminology–A comparative approach to early Chinese Buddhist translations". Journal of the International Association of Buddhist Studies. 31 (1–2): 83–118.
^ Zürcher, Erik (2007). The Buddhist conquest of China: the spread and adaptation of Buddhism in early medieval China (3rd ed.). Leiden: Brill. p. 10.
^ Sengyou; Su, Jinren; Xiao, Lianzi (1995). Chu san zang ji ji 出三藏記集. Beijing: Zhonghua Book Company.
^ Radich, Michael (2019). "Fei Changfang's Treatment of Sengyou's Anonymous Texts". Journal of the American Oriental Society. 139 (4): 819–842.

[Nattier2008-1] Nattier, Jan (2008). A Guide to the Earliest Chinese Buddhist Translations: Texts from the Eastern Han 東漢 and Three Kingdoms 三國 Periods. Tokyo: International Research Institute for Advanced Buddhology, Soka University. p. 11.

[Deeg2008-2] Deeg, Max (2008). "Creating religious terminology–A comparative approach to early Chinese Buddhist translations". Journal of the International Association of Buddhist Studies. 31 (1–2): 83–118.

[3] Zürcher, Erik (2007). The Buddhist conquest of China: the spread and adaptation of Buddhism in early medieval China (3rd ed.). Leiden: Brill. p. 10.

[4] Sengyou; Su, Jinren; Xiao, Lianzi (1995). Chu san zang ji ji 出三藏記集. Beijing: Zhonghua Book Company.

[radich2019-5] Radich, Michael (2019). "Fei Changfang's Treatment of Sengyou's Anonymous Texts". Journal of the American Oriental Society. 139 (4): 819–842.

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