貞元新定釋教目錄 19.4.1
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Great Tang *Kaiyuan Record of Buddhist Teachings*, in twenty fascicles, compiled in the gengwu year by the śramaṇa Zhisheng of the Western Chongfu Monastery.
The contents compiled herein are divided overall into upper and lower records, with the specific items detailed as follows:
General Collection of the Catalogue of Scriptures, Part One (Distinguishing the eras of the people who produced the scriptural teachings from the Han to the Tang, fully revealing them herein; the beginning and end of the catalogue are listed continuously below).
Latter Han: twelve translators, monastics and laypersons. Sūtras produced, together with newly and previously collected various sūtras of lost translation: 292 works in 395 fascicles altogether (97 works in 131 fascicles are extant; 155 works in 260 fascicles are lost texts).
Cao Wei: five translating śramaṇas. Sūtras, precepts, and karmavācanā produced: twelve works in eighteen fascicles altogether (four works in five fascicles are extant; eight works in thirteen fascicles are lost texts).
The above constitutes the first fascicle.
Wu dynasty: five translators, monastics and laypersons. Sūtras and so forth produced, along with lost translations: 189 works in 417 fascicles altogether (sixty-one works in ninety-two fascicles are extant; 128 works in 325 fascicles are lost texts).
Western Jin: twelve translators, monastics and laypersons. Sūtras, precepts, and so forth produced, together with newly and previously collected various sūtras of lost translation: 333 works in 591 fascicles altogether (156 works in 331 fascicles are extant; 177 works in 369 fascicles have their texts lost).
The above constitutes the second fascicle.
Eastern Jin: sixteen translators, monastics and laypersons. Sūtras, vinayas, and śāstras produced, together with newly and previously collected various sūtras of lost translation: 168 works in 468 fascicles altogether (eighty-five works in 336 fascicles are extant; eighty-three works in 332 fascicles have their texts lost).
Fu Qin: six translating śramaṇas. Sūtras, vinayas, śāstras, and so forth produced: fifteen works in 197 fascicles altogether (seven works in sixty-five fascicles are extant; eight works in 132 fascicles have their texts lost).
The above constitutes the third fascicle.
Yao Qin: five translating śramaṇas. Sūtras, vinayas, śāstras, and so forth produced: ninety-four works in 624 fascicles altogether (sixty-six works in 528 fascicles are extant; twenty-eight works in ninety-six fascicles are lost texts).
Qifu Qin: one translating śramaṇa. Sūtras produced, along with newly and previously lost translations of sūtras, vinayas, and śāstras and so forth from the Three Qin eras: fifty-six works in 110 fascicles altogether (thirty-two works in seventy-nine fascicles are extant; twenty-four works in thirty-one fascicles are lost texts).
Former Liang: one foreign upāsaka translator. Sūtras produced: four works in six fascicles altogether (one work in one fascicle is extant; three works in five fascicles have their texts lost).
Northern Liang: nine translators, monastics and laypersons. Sūtras, vinayas, śāstras, and so forth produced, together with newly and previously collected various sūtras of lost translation: eighty-two works in 311 fascicles altogether (twenty-five works in 209 fascicles are extant; fifty-seven works in 102 fascicles have their texts lost).
The above constitutes the fourth fascicle.
Song dynasty: twenty-two translators, monastics and laypersons. Sūtras, vinayas, śāstras, and so forth produced, together with newly collected various sūtras of lost translation: 465 works in 717 fascicles altogether (ninety-three works in 243 fascicles are extant; 372 works in 474 fascicles have their texts lost).
The above constitutes the fifth fascicle.
Xiao Qi: seven translating śramaṇas. Sūtras and vinayas produced: twelve works in thirty-three fascicles altogether (seven works in twenty-three fascicles are extant; five works in five fascicles have their texts lost).
Liang dynasty: eight translators, monastics and laypersons. Sūtras, śāstras, and various records and biographies produced, along with newly collected sūtras, vinayas, anthologies, and so forth of lost translation: forty-six works in 217 fascicles altogether (forty works in 191 fascicles are extant; six works in ten fascicles have their texts lost).
Yuan Wei: twelve translators, monastics and laypersons. Sūtras and śāstras produced: eighty-three works in 274 fascicles altogether (seventy-three works in 255 fascicles are extant; ten works in nineteen fascicles have their texts lost).
Northern Qi: two translators, monastics and laypersons. Sūtras and śāstras produced: eight works in fifty-two fascicles altogether (all are extant, none lacking).
The above constitutes the sixth fascicle.
Northern Zhou dynasty: four translating śramaṇas. Sūtras, śāstras, and so forth produced: fourteen works in twenty-nine fascicles altogether (six works in eleven fascicles are extant; eight works in eighteen fascicles have their texts lost).
Chen dynasty: three translators, monastics and laypersons. Sūtras, vinayas, śāstras, and anthologies, biographies, and so forth produced: forty works in 133 fascicles altogether (twenty-six works in eighty-nine fascicles are extant; fourteen works in forty-four fascicles have their texts lost).
Sui dynasty: nine translators, monastics and laypersons. Sūtras, śāstras, biographies, catalogues, and so forth produced: ninety-nine works in 301 fascicles altogether (sixty-two works in 287 fascicles are extant; two works in fourteen fascicles have their texts lost).
The above constitutes the seventh fascicle.
Imperial Tang dynasty: already thirty-seven translators, monastics and laypersons. Sūtras, vinayas, śāstras, and biographies, catalogues, and so forth produced: 301 works in 2,170 fascicles altogether (281 works in 2,143 fascicles are extant; for twenty works in twenty-seven fascicles, searches for texts have not yet succeeded).
Totalling nineteen eras of monastic and lay translators: 176 persons in all. Mahāyāna and Hīnayāna sūtras, vinayas, śāstras, and anthologies and biographies of sages and saints produced: 2,278 works in 7,046 fascicles altogether (1,130 works in 5,048 fascicles are extant; 1,148 works in 1,998 fascicles have their texts lost).
The above constitutes the eighth and ninth fascicles.
Combining from ancient catalogues up to the new Kaiyuan catalogue of Buddhist teachings and the continuous supplements to previous omissions, there are forty-one traditions in all, detailed as listed above.
The above constitutes the tenth fascicle.
Catalogue of the Classified Vehicles and Piṭakas, Part Two (What was handled in the upper catalogue comprehensively presented the produced sūtras, but Mahāyāna and Hīnayāna were not yet distinguished and the Tripiṭaka was mixed together; in this catalogue the items and categories are presented in full, and sūtras with lost texts and so forth are appended continuously below).
Within this Detailed Catalogue, it is divided subtly into seven sections:
1. Catalogue of Extant Translations with Extant Texts (1,124 works in 5,048 fascicles).
Within this catalogue, it is further divided into three:
1. Catalogue of the Bodhisattva Tripiṭaka (686 works in 2,745 fascicles);
Bodhisattva Sūtra-piṭaka (573 works in 2,173 fascicles);
Mahāyāna Sūtras with Single and Multiple Translations Combined (432 works in 1,880 fascicles in all)
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- 貞元新定釋教目錄 — 圓照, Classical Chinese