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Buddhist Books (shijia lei 釋家類)

Jul 24, 2010 © Ulrich Theobald

Buddhist Books (shijia lei 釋家類) is a subcategory in traditional Chinese bibliographies. It is part of the category of Masters and Philosophers (zibu 子部). Compared to the Buddhist canon Tripitaka it includes only very few writings (only 13), mostly biographies, encyclopedias and literary writings by Chan Buddhists from the Song period 宋 (960-1279). The common feature of all Buddhist writings included in the reprint series Siku quanshu 四庫全書 is that they were originary written in Chinese and not translated from Sanskrit. The most important are the apologetic treatise Hongmingji 弘明集 and the Chan treatise Wudeng huiyuan 五燈會元.

Table 1. Buddhist books (shijia 釋家)
Part of Siku quanshu 四庫全書
Part of Xuxiu siku quanshu 續修四庫全書
阿含部 Āgama Sūtras
T0001 長阿含經 二十二卷 Chang ahan jing (Later Qin) 佛陀耶舍 Buddhayaśas, 竺佛念 Zhu Fonian (transl.)
T0026 中阿含經 六十卷 Zhong ahan jing (Jin) 瞿曇僧伽提婆 Gautama Saṃghadeva (transl.), 道祖 Daozu (rec.)
T0099 雜阿含經 五十卷 Za ahan jing (Jin) 道安 Dao'an (transl.)
T0125 增一阿含經 五十一卷 Zengyi ahan jing (Jin) 瞿曇僧伽提婆 Gautama Saṃghadeva (transl.)
本緣部 Jātaka Sūtras
T0186 普曜經 八卷 Puyaojing (Jin) 竺法護 Dharmarakṣa (transl.)
T0192 佛所行讚 五卷 Fo suo xing zan (Northern Liang) 曇無讖 Dharmakṣema (transl.)
T0217 百喻經 一卷 Baiyujing (Southern Qi) 求那毗地 Guṇavṛddhī (transl.)
般若部 Prajñapāramitā Sutras
T0220 大般若經 六百卷 Da bore jing (Tang) 釋玄奘 Xuanzang (transl.)
T0235 金剛經 一卷 Jingangjing (Later Qin) 鳩摩羅什 Kumārajīva (transl.)
T0253 心經 一卷 Xinjing (Tang) 釋玄奘 Monk Xuanzang (transl.)
法華部 Saddharma Puṇḍarīka Sutras
T0262 妙法蓮花經 七卷 Miaofa lianhua jing (Later Qin) 鳩摩羅什 Kumārajīva (transl.)
T0276 無量義經 一卷 Wuliangyi jing (Northern Qi) 曇摩伽陀耶舍 Dharmagatayas (transl.)
T0277 觀普賢經 一卷 Guan Puxian jing (Liu-Song) 曇無蜜多 Dharmamitra (transl.)
華嚴部 Avataṃsaka Sutras
T0278 華嚴經 六十卷 Huayanjing (Jin) 佛陀跋陀羅 Buddhabhadra (transl.)
寶積部 Ratnakūṭa Sutras
T0353 勝鬘經 一卷 Shengmanjing (Liu-Song) 求那跋陀羅 Guṇabhadra (transl.)
T0360 無量壽經 二卷 Wuliangshou jing (Cao-Wei) 康僧鎧 Saṃghavarman (transl.)
T0365 觀無量壽經 一卷 Guan wuliangshou jing (Liu-Song) 畺良耶舍 Kālaṃyaśas (transl.)
T0366 阿彌陀經 一卷 Emituo jing (Later Qin) 鳩摩羅什 Kumārajīva (transl.)
涅槃部 Nirvāṇa Sutras
T0375 大般涅槃經 四十卷 Niepanjing (Northern Liang) 曇無讖 Dharmakṣema (transl.)
大集部 397-424 Mahāsannipāta Sutras
T0397 大方等大集經 六十卷 Da fangdeng daji jing (Northern Liang) 曇無讖 Dharmakṣema (transl.)
經集部 425-847 Sūtrasannipāta Sutras
T0474 維摩經 二卷 Weimojing (Later Qin) 鳩摩羅什 Kumārajīva / 支謙 (transl.)
T0642 楞嚴經 二卷 Lengyanjing (Later Qin) 鳩摩羅什 Kumārajīva (transl.)
T0671 楞伽經 十卷 Lengjiajing (Northern Wei) 菩提留支 Bodhiruci (transl.)
T0676 解深密經 五卷 Jieshen mijing (Tang) 玄奘 Xuanzang (transl.)
T0784 四十二章經 一卷 Sishi'er zhang jing (Han) 迦葉摩騰 Kāśyapa Mātaṇga, 法蘭 Falan (transl.)
848–1420 密教部 Tantra or Esoteric Sutras
T0848 大日經 七卷 Darijing (Tang) 善無畏 Śubhakarasiṃha, et al. (transl.)
1421–1504 律部 Vinayas
T1425 摩訶僧祇律 四十卷 Mohe sengqi lü (Jin) 佛陀跋陀羅 Buddhabhadra, 法顯 Faxian (transl.)
T1428 四分律 六十卷 Sifenlü (Later Qin) 佛陀耶舍 Buddhayaśas, Zhu Fonian 竺佛念, et al. (transl.)
T1435 十誦律 六十一卷 Shisonglü (Later Qin) 弗若多羅 Puṇyatāra, 鳩摩羅什 Kumārajīva (transl.)
T1484 梵網經 二卷 Fanwangjing (Later Qin) 鳩摩羅什 Kumārajīva (transl.)
T1500 菩薩戒本 一卷 Pusa jieben (Northern Liang) 曇無讖 Dharmakṣema (transl.)
1536–1563 毗曇部 Abhidharma Scriptures
T1544 發智論 二十卷 Faweilun (Tang) 玄奘 Xuanzang (transl.)
T1545 大毘婆沙論 二百卷 Da piposha lun (Tang) 玄奘 Xuanzang (transl.)
T1552 雜阿毘曇心論 十一卷 Za apitanxin lun (Liu-Song) 僧伽跋摩 Saṃghavarman, et al. (transl.)
1628–1692 論集部 Śāstras
T1646 成實論 十六卷 Chengshilun (Later Qin) 鳩摩羅什 Kumārajīva (transl.)
T1670 那先比丘經 二卷 Naxian biqiu jing (Jin) NN (transl.)
史傳部 History
T2031 異部宗輪論 一卷 Yibu zonglun lun () 世友菩薩 Vasumitra Pusa; (Tang) 玄奘 Xuanzang (transl.)
Chinese Theory
T2102 弘明集 十四卷 Hongmingji (Liang) 釋僧祐 Monk Sengyou
T2103 廣弘明集 三十卷 Guang hongmingji (Tang) 釋道宣 Monk Daoxuan
T2122 法苑珠林 百二十卷 Fayuan zhulin (Tang) 釋道世 Monk Daoshi
牟子理惑論 一卷 Mouzi lihuo lun (Han) 牟融 Mou Rong (?)
T2008 六祖壇經 (續修) Liuzu tanjing (Tanjing) (Tang) 釋惠能 Monk Huineng
Biographies
神僧傳 * Shensengzhuan (Jin) 釋法顯 Monk Faxian
T2063 比丘尼傳 四卷 (續修) Biqiuni zhuan (Liang) 釋寳唱 Monk Baochang
T2059 高僧傳 十三卷 (續修) Gaosengzhuan (Liang) 釋慧皎 Monk Huijiao
T2060 續高僧傳 三十一卷 (續修) Xu gaosengzhuan (Tang) 釋道宣 Monk Daoxuan
T2061 宋高僧傳 三十卷 Song gaosengzhuan (Song) 釋贊寧 Monk Zanning
補續高僧傳 三十一卷 (續修) Buxu gaosengzhuan (Ming) 釋明河 Monk Minghe
T2064 神僧傳 九卷 (續修) Shensengzhuan (Ming) 朱棣 Zhu Di (明成祖 Emperor Ming Chengzu)
T2062 (大)明高僧傳 八卷 (續修) (Da)-Ming gaosengzhuan (Ming) 釋如惺 Monk Ruxing
History of Buddhism im China
佛國記 FoguojiGeography (Jin) 釋法顯 Monk Faxian
T2034 歷代三寳紀 Lidai sanbao ji (Sui) 費長房 Fei Changfang
T2087 大唐西域記 Da-Tang xiyu jiGeography (Tang) 釋玄奘 Monk Xuanzang
T2092 洛陽伽藍記 Luoyang qielan jiGeography (Northern Wei) 楊衒之 Yang Xuanzhi
五燈會元 二十卷 Wudeng huiyuan (Song) 釋普濟 Monk Puji
2145-2184 目錄部 Book Catalogues
T2145 出三藏記集 十五卷 Chu sanzang jiji (Liang) 僧佑 Sengyou
T2146 眾經目錄 Zhongjing mulu (Sui) 法經 Fajing
T2149 大唐內典錄 十卷 Da-Tang neidian lu (Tang) 道宣 Daoxuan
T2154
T2155
開元釋教錄 二十卷
開元釋教錄略出 四卷
Kaiyuan shijiao lu
Kaiyuan shijiao lu lüechu
(Tang) 智昇 Zhisheng
* not included in the series Siku quanshu 四庫全書, the catalogue Siku quanshu zongmu tiyao 四庫全書總目題要, nor the Xuxiu siku quanshu 續修四庫全書.