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1.1

Compiled by the scripture-procuring Chan Great Virtue Hengan of Bao'en Chan Cloister on the Right Street of the Western Capital.

I have heard that when Kāśyapa Mātanga entered Han, the vocal teaching first spread to China; as time progressed into the sagely Tang, Sanskrit scriptures fully flourished across the oceanic storehouses. Furthermore, when our Emperor Xuanzong reigned over the realm, in the eighteenth year of Kaiyuan, the gengwu year, the śramaṇa Zhisheng of West Chongfu Monastery in the Western Capital compiled twenty fascicles of the Kaiyuan shijiao lu, designated as the Kaiyuan canon. Totaling the Mahāyāna and Hīnayāna sūtras, vinayas, and śāstras, as well as the biographies and collections of the worthy and sagely, it was altogether 5,048 fascicles in 481 cases, and circulated widely in the world. Then four reigns elapsed—Xuanzong, Suzong, Daizong, and Dezong—reaching the tenth year of Zhenyuan under Emperor Dezong, the jiaxu year, spanning sixty-five years. During that period, seven foreign monks together translated and proclaimed, obtaining Mahāyāna and Hīnayāna sūtras, vinayas, and śāstras, as well as the vinaya texts translated by Yijing that were omitted from the Kaiyuan catalogue, together with the Da foming jing, separate biographies, and so forth, totaling 134 works in 299 fascicles. The śramaṇa Yuanzhao of Ximing Monastery in the Western Capital compiled three fascicles of the Xu Kaiyuan lu. Furthermore, in the fifteenth year of Zhenyuan, he received an imperial decree to compile thirty fascicles of the Zhenyuan shijiao lu, which together with the texts translated by the seven foreign monks and others made 332 fascicles in all. Combined with the preceding Kaiyuan canon, the grand total was 5,380 fascicles in 510 cases, designated as the Zhenyuan canon, proclaimed and circulated. Only since reaching south of the Yangtze, one or two works among them, although extant, had not yet been compiled into the canon. Recently, in the dingchou year of Tianyou, I, Hengan, arrived south of the Yangtze, visited famous mountains, and sought out spiritual friends. In the intervals of consulting teachers and examining the canonical scriptures, while discussing with fellow companions of the Way, I described the Zhenyuan canon. Thereupon, sincere personal aspiration arose within me, and I vowed to procure these scriptures to bring them back to the court, hoping to assist the imperial transformation and bring everlasting blessings to the realm. Secretly relying on the sagely court and looking up to the sovereign's sagacious power, in the second year of Shengyuan of the Great Tang, I traveled afar to pay homage to Mount Wutai. Returning through the region west of the Pass, I copied and transcribed the aforementioned sūtras, vinayas, and śāstras of the Zhenyuan canon. In the third year of Baoda of the Great Tang, I returned to the imperial court. It has now been 152 years since the jiaxu year of Zhenyuan. Soon after, I had the honor of receiving the gracious approval of His Majesty, the reigning Emperor, to transcribe and circulate them. An imperial decree was issued to the relevant authorities to permanently compile them into the canons, and further ordered Qiao Kuangshun, Grand Master for Closing Court, Acting Vice Director of the Bureau of Equipage in the Ministry of War, Drafter, Commandant of Fleet-as-clouds Cavalry, and recipient of the Purple Robe and Gold Fish Pouch, to compose a preface to be prefixed to the scriptures. This not only confers benefit upon a single era, but also serves as a ferry for a thousand ages. Furthermore, the Western Canon Cloister of Shengyuan Monastery below the imperial palace had previously acquired one work in ten fascicles of the Qianbo Manshushili jing, which was also translated by the Tripiṭaka master Vajrabodhi within the Zhenyuan record, but had been omitted and unrecorded in the Zhenyuan catalogue. Promptly setting forth the circumstances, I requested that it be included within this section and counted for circulation. In addition, one work in thirty fascicles of the Yiqiejing yuan pinci lu was outside the Zhenyuan canon, but is now also enumerated below. Moreover, one work in forty fascicles of Elder Li's Huayan lun was presented to the throne by the monk Mianchang in the second year of Shengyuan. Emperor Guangwen Suwu Xiaogao ordered the Vice Minister of Rites Sun Ji to compose a preface and compiled it into the canon. Excluding the number of scriptures in the Kaiyuan canon, the newly calculated total now comes to 140 works in 413 fascicles (including one fascicle of the continued catalogue of new scriptures), making 43 cases. The newly recorded scriptures, catalogues, and so forth are fully listed as follows (the fine details, duplicate single translations, and joint translations are all described in full in the thirty fascicles of the Zhenyuan shijiao lu).

1.3

The Kaiyuan canon.

1.4

Altogether 1,076 works, comprising 5,048 fascicles, in 481 cases. Compiled by the śramaṇa Zhisheng of West Chongfu Monastery in the Western Capital in the eighteenth year of Kaiyuan, the gengwu year, by imperial decree.

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The Zhenyuan canon.

1.6

Altogether 1,213 works, comprising 5,390 fascicles, in 510 cases. Compiled by the śramaṇa Yuanzhao of Ximing Monastery in the Western Capital in the fifteenth year of Zhenyuan, the wuyin year, by imperial decree. Within it:

1.7

Newly added: 137 works, totaling 343 fascicles (including the Qianbo jing), making 30 cases (odd fascicles are scattered among various cases; regarding old and new translations, please scrutinize the sequence of translators).

1.8

The Zhenyuan pinci lu, one work, thirty fascicles, making three cases (outside the Zhenyuan canon).
The Huayan lun, one work, forty fascicles, making four cases (newly compiled into the canon).
One work in one fascicle of the continued catalogue of newly translated scriptures of the Zhenyuan period in the yisi year of Baoda of the Great Tang (in the same case with the Xu Kaiyuan lu).
Newly compiled into the canon: the continued catalogue of newly translated scriptures of the Zhenyuan canon, Mahāyāna and Hīnayāna sūtras, vinayas, and śāstras, the catalogue, the pinci lu, the Qianbo jing, and so forth; the number of fascicles and cases currently counted for transcription:
Altogether 139 works, totaling 373 fascicles, making 39 cases (the catalogue of new scriptures is included; together with the sixteen fascicles of the Foming jing, which now makes eighteen fascicles, it thus exceeds the main total by two fascicles); formerly 5,600 sheets (each sheet comprising twenty-eight lines), newly 6,380 sheets (each sheet comprising twenty-five lines; the catalogue sometimes comprising twenty-two lines per sheet); the Huayan lun, one work, forty fascicles (the number of sheets is excluded).
First, sequentially listing the newly translated Mahāyāna and Hīnayāna sūtras, vinayas, and śāstras of the Zhenyuan canon that have currently been brought, together with the Zhenyuan catalogue and pinci lu, etc., totaling 135 works, making 343 fascicles. The original memorial and the pinci lu totaled 132 works; among them were three works whose count was not recorded, but their fascicle count remains as before; now the combined total is 135 works.
Mahāyāna sūtras and recitation methods: 123 works, 230 fascicles.
Mahāyāna vinaya: one work, one fascicle.
Mahāyāna śāstras: two works, two fascicles.
Hīnayāna vinaya (translated by Yijing, omitted in the Kaiyuan catalogue): seven works, fifty fascicles (of which three fascicles were originally not found when searching for copies).
Xu Kaiyuan shijiao lu: one work, three fascicles (compiled by imperial decree by the śramaṇa Yuanzhao of Ximing Monastery in the Western Capital in the tenth year of Zhenyuan, the jiaxu year).
Newly established Zhenyuan shijiao lu: one work, thirty fascicles (compiled by imperial decree by the śramaṇa Yuanzhao of Ximing Monastery in the fifteenth year of Zhenyuan, the jimao year).
Yiqiejing yuan pinci lu: one work, thirty fascicles (compiled according to the Zhenyuan canon catalogue by the śramaṇa Congfan of Zhaojun who practiced the vinaya, from the ninth year of Dazhong, the yihai year, to the first year of Xiantong, the gengchen year).
Scriptures brought but not counted in the Zhenyuan catalogue (which were also counted, transcribed, and circulated at the time of transcription; two works, nineteen fascicles):
Da foming jing (included in the biographies and collections): one work, sixteen fascicles (or eighteen fascicles; attached to the Liang catalogue, author unknown).
Shi Falin biezhuan: one work, three fascicles (compiled by the śramaṇa Yancong).
Scripture newly recovered and included in the Zhenyuan canon:
Qianbi qianbo Manshushili jing: one work, ten fascicles (translated by the Tripiṭaka master Vajrabodhi in the twenty-eighth year of Kaiyuan at Jianfu Monastery in Chang'an; newly recovered and compiled into the catalogue).
Number newly compiled into the canon:
Xin Huayan jing lun: one work, forty fascicles (composed by the Elder Li Tongxuan; presented by the monk Mianchang in the second year of Shengyuan; compiled into the canon by imperial decree).
The above Mahāyāna and Hīnayāna sūtras, vinayas, and śāstras currently brought and sequentially transcribed, together with those newly compiled into the canon, as well as the Zhenyuan catalogue, the pinci lu, the Qianbo jing, and the Huayan lun, total 140 works, making 413 fascicles, in 43 cases. The itemized categories of the newly translated Mahāyāna and Hīnayāna sūtras, vinayas, and śāstras of the Zhenyuan canon, the Zhenyuan catalogue, the pinci lu, the Qianbo jing, and the Huayan lun are listed in detail again as follows (if the Huayan lun is excluded, the total count is 373 fascicles).

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Śāstras newly compiled into the catalogue.

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Xin Huayan jing lun, one work in forty fascicles (including the preface; because of the date the scripture was presented, it is placed first here; it has a biographical sketch in one fascicle, which is sometimes placed after the first fascicle of the treatise, hence it is not listed separately); 900 sheets.
Cases [marked with the characters] gao, zhong, li, and qi; the one work above in forty fascicles comprises four cases.
The single treatise above was composed by the Elder Li Tongxuan in the seventeenth year of Kaiyuan at Daxian Village, Tongying Township, Yu County, northeast of Taiyuan, and circulates widely in the world. In the second year of Shengyuan, the monk Mianchang presented it and requested that it be compiled into the canon. Emperor Guangwen Suwu Xiaogao of the Great Tang ordered ten copies to be transcribed and ten scrolls of Elder Li's true portrait to be painted, distributed down to the various prefectures, and compiled at the end of the canon. He further decreed Vice Minister Sun Ji to compose a preface to be prefixed to the head of the treatise. Now it is therefore compiled here, so that hopefully nothing will be lost or omitted.

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The sūtras, vinayas, śāstras, catalogues, and so forth of the Zhenyuan canon of the Great Tang: Mahāyāna sūtras and recitation methods, 124 works, 240 fascicles.

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Scriptures translated during the reign of Emperor Xuanzong of the Great Tang that had not yet been entered into the past and present catalogues: nine works, twenty fascicles.

1.13.1

Daweili wuchusemo mingwang jing, two fascicles (or three fascicles), thirty-five sheets.
Huiji jingang shuo shentong daman tuoluoni fashu lingyao men, one fascicle, five sheets.
Huiji jingang fa jin baibian fa, one fascicle, three sheets.
The above three works in five fascicles. The texts are extant. Translated in Anxi by the North Indian Tripiṭaka Ajitasena (rendered in Tang as Wunengsheng Jiang). In the twentieth year of Kaiyuan, when the Tripiṭaka master Dharmacandra offered tribute and came to court, he brought the aforementioned scriptures to the capital city. They did not make it in time to enter the Kaiyuan Catalogue. In accordance with imperial order, they were compiled into the Zhenyuan Catalogue.
Pubian zhizang boreboluomiduo xin jing, one fascicle, two sheets.
The above one work in one fascicle. The text is extant. Translated in Chang'an in the twenty-sixth year of Kaiyuan by the Tripiṭaka śramaṇa Dharmacandra (rendered in Tang as Fayue), a native of East India. This single scripture does not differ in the least from the two older scriptures. The translation under the Yao Qin is named the Mohe bore damingzhou jing; Xuanzang's translation is named the Boreboluomiduo xin jing. There is no difference in the remaining meaning. They are different translations of the same text as the preceding two scriptures; however, those only contain the main body and lack the prologue and dissemination sections. Now, this translation by Dharmacandra has all three sections complete. In accordance with imperial order, it was compiled into the Zhenyuan Catalogue of Buddhist Teachings.
Jingangding yujia xiuxi biluzhena sanmodi fa, one fascicle, fifteen sheets. (With the Preface to the Newly Acquired Greater and Lesser Vehicle Scriptures of the Zhenyuan Canon [placed at the head of the three scriptures], composed by imperial order by Qiao Kuangshun, Court Gentleman for Dispersion, Vice Director of the Bureau of Equipage in the Ministry of War, Drafter, Commandant of Fleet-as-clouds Cavalry, and recipient of the Purple and Gold Fish Bag).
Qianshou qianyan guanshiyin pusa dashen zhouben, one fascicle, two sheets.
Qianshou qianyan guanzizai pusa guangda yuanman wu'ai dabeixin tuoluoni ben, one fascicle, three sheets.
Budong shizhe tuoluoni mimi fa, one fascicle, eleven sheets.
The above four works in four fascicles. The texts are extant. Successively translated by the South Indian Tripiṭaka śramaṇa Vajrabodhi (rendered in Tang as Jingangzhi) after the nineteenth year of Kaiyuan. In accordance with imperial order, they were compiled into the Zhenyuan Catalogue of Buddhist Teachings. Later, under Emperor Daizong, he was posthumously granted the title of Specially Advanced with Equal Rank to the Three Dignitaries and posthumously titled Tripiṭaka Master of Greatly Propagating the Teaching.
[Case 'Shu'] The above eight scriptures in ten fascicles share one case.
Qianbi qianbo Manshushili jing, ten fascicles, one hundred and sixty sheets.
The above one work in ten fascicles. This was also translated in the twenty-eighth year of Kaiyuan at Jianfu Monastery in Chang'an by the Tripiṭaka Master of Greatly Propagating the Teaching, Vajrabodhi. The preface at the head of the scripture is recorded clearly. However, when I (Hengan) recently went on pilgrimage to Mount Wutai and returned to the region west of the Pass, in the course of seeking, transcribing, and obtaining the scriptural texts of the Zhenyuan canon that I was to bring, I clearly saw this scripture within the canon of that region; yet it was omitted and not recorded in the Zhenyuan Catalogue, which stated that it is fully recounted in Vajrabodhi's Extended Account of Deeds (Guangxing ji). Because I sought the Account of Deeds and did not find it, I did not copy and bring it. Now, in the winter of the third year of Baoda of the Great Tang, humbly receiving imperial grace, I transcribed at Shengyuan Monastery beneath the palace the Zhenyuan scriptural texts that I had brought, compiling and cataloguing them to enter the canon and circulate. At the Western Canon Cloister of Shengyuan Monastery, I saw this scriptural text once again, and thus requested that it be compiled into the Zhenyuan canon. It was a scriptural text previously translated by Tripiṭaka Vajrabodhi, collected within this division of scriptures, and put into practice according to the catalogue to bestow blessings upon that state. Having detailed its circumstances and requested to submit it to the throne, I humbly received the decree permitting it to be put into practice and compiled into the canon, and I have further reported the full count to the throne. Now, again concerned that as years and months gradually grow distant it would be lost as before, I have lodged it here for compilation (moreover, the Tripiṭaka master Vajrabodhi indeed had scriptures translated by him recorded in both the Kaiyuan and Zhenyuan catalogues that have already been counted in the circulating catalogues).
[Case 'Bi'] The above one work in ten fascicles makes one case.
Jingangding yujia zhenshi dajiaowang jing, three fascicles (together with a new preface to the scripture), forty-three sheets.
Jingangding yujia bore lichu jing, one fascicle, eight sheets.
Guanzizai pusa shouji jing, one fascicle, thirteen sheets.
Yujia nianzhu jing, one fascicle, two sheets.
Qite foding jing, three fascicles, sixty-eight sheets.
Guanzizai pusa zuisheng mingwang xin jing, one fascicle, twenty-two sheets.
[Case 'Jing'] The above six works, in a total of ten fascicles, share one case.
Jingangding yujia Wenshushili jing, one fascicle, twelve sheets.
Alituoluo aluli jing, one fascicle, twenty-one sheets.
Puxian xingyuan zan, one fascicle, five sheets.
Dizang pusa wen fashen zan, one fascicle, five sheets.
Chusheng wubianmen jing, one fascicle, ten sheets.
Da jixiang tiannü jing, one fascicle, seven sheets.
Dilisanmeiye jing, one fascicle, fourteen sheets.
Shiyimian guanzizai pusa jing, three fascicles, twenty-four sheets.
[Case 'Fu'] The above eight works, in a total of ten fascicles, share one case.
Jixiang tiannü shi'er minghao jing, one fascicle, two sheets.
Jingangding yujia shiba hui zhigui, one fascicle, nine sheets.
Jingangding yujia sanshiqi zun fenbie shengwei famen, one fascicle (together with preface), thirteen sheets.
Putichang suoshuo yizi dinglunwang jing, five fascicles, seventy-eight sheets.
Baoqie jing, one fascicle, six sheets.
Jingang shouming tuoluoni jing, one fascicle, two sheets.
[Case 'Luo'] The above six works, in a total of ten fascicles, share one case.
Da kongque mingwang jing, three fascicles (already widely circulated and currently chanted), fifty sheets.
Dayunlun qingyu jing, two fascicles, twenty-four sheets.
Yubao tuoluoni jing, one fascicle (together with Indic script), five sheets.
Rangjuli tongnü jing, one fascicle, four sheets.
Daogu yu jing, one fascicle, eight sheets.
Dabao guangbo louge jing, three fascicles, forty-five sheets.
[Case 'Jiang'] The above six works, in a total of eleven fascicles, share one case.
Putichang zhuangyan jing, one fascicle, twenty-two sheets.
Chu yiqie jibing tuoluoni jing, one fascicle, one sheet.
Nengjing yiqie yan tuoluoni jing, one fascicle, two sheets.
Shi yankou egui tuoluoni jing, one fascicle, four sheets.
Sanshiwu foming jing, one fascicle, two sheets.
Ba da pusa mantuluo jing, one fascicle, three sheets.
Yeyi guanzizai pusa tuoluoni jing, one fascicle, eight sheets.
Helidimu jing, one fascicle, three sheets.
Pishamen tianwang jing, one fascicle, four sheets.
Guanzizai pusa shuo Puxian pusa tuoluoni jing, one fascicle, seven sheets.
[Case 'Xiang'] The above ten works, in a total of ten fascicles, share one case.

1.13.2

Mañjuśrī's Questions on the Letters of the Alphabet Sūtra, one fascicle (entitled "Mañjuśrī's Questions on the Letters of the Alphabet, Chapter Fourteen") — 3 sheets
Vajra-Lotus Section Mind Recitation Method, one fascicle — 33 sheets
Vajraśekhara Yoga Thousand-Armed and Thousand-Eyed Avalokiteśvara Bodhisattva Recitation Method, two fascicles — 32 sheets
Recitation Ritual Manual of the Tathāgata Amitāyus, one fascicle — 12 sheets
Recitation Method of the Tathāgata Akṣobhya, one fascicle — 18 sheets
Recitation Method of the Uṣṇīṣavijayā, one fascicle — 8 sheets
Vajraśekhara Supreme Primal Yoga Samantabhadra Bodhisattva Recitation Method, one fascicle — 13 sheets
Vajrarāja Bodhisattva Secret Recitation Method, one fascicle — 13 sheets
Samantabhadra Bodhisattva Vajrasattva Recitation Method, one fascicle — 12 sheets
Vajraśekhara Yoga Five Secrets Practice Ritual Manual, one fascicle — 12 sheets
[Lu] The above ten works, in a total of eleven fascicles, are in one case.
Vajrāyus Recitation Method, one fascicle — 3 sheets
One-Syllable Uṣṇīṣacakravartin Yoga Sūtra, one fascicle — 6 sheets
One-Syllable Uṣṇīṣacakravartin Recitation Ritual Manual, one fascicle — 12 sheets
Benevolent Kings Prajñā Recitation Method, one fascicle (together with a preface composed by the sūtra-translating śramaṇa Huiling) — 15 sheets
Cintāmaṇicakra Recitation Method, one fascicle — 8 sheets
Recitation Method of the Great Ākāśagarbha Bodhisattva, one fascicle — 5 sheets
Yoga Lotus Section Recitation Method, one fascicle — 7 sheets
Noble Avalokiteśvara Bodhisattva Heart Mantra Contemplative Practice Ritual Manual, one fascicle — 6 sheets
Vajraśekhara-sūtra Tārā Bodhisattva Recitation Method, one fascicle — 13 sheets
Amṛtakuṇḍali Recitation Method, one fascicle — 18 sheets
[Xia] The above ten works, ten fascicles, are in one case.
Avataṃsaka Entry into the Dharma Realm Forty-Two Syllable Contemplation Gate, one fascicle — 6 sheets
Mañjuśrī's Praise of the Dharmakāya Homage, one fascicle — 3 sheets
Ritual for Conferring the Bodhicitta Precepts, one fascicle (Mahāyāna Vinaya) — 3 sheets
Vajraśekhara Yoga Thirty-Seven Deities Homage, one fascicle — 4 sheets
Explanation of the Prajñā-naya, two fascicles — 32 sheets
Explanation of the Seventeen Deities of the Great Maṇḍala, one fascicle — 3 sheets
Vajra Yoga Homa Ritual, one fascicle — 8 sheets
General Table of All Section Dhāraṇīs, one fascicle — 4 sheets
Mahāyāna-pratītyasamutpāda-śāstra, one fascicle (Mahāyāna Śāstra) — 10 sheets
Seven Koṭi Buddha-Mother Dhāraṇī-sūtra, one fascicle — 19 sheets
[Huai] The above ten works, in a total of eleven fascicles, are in one case.
Great Ākāśa Bodhisattva's Inquiries Sūtra, eight fascicles
[Qing] The above single work, in eight fascicles, is in one case.
This single sūtra of eight fascicles has four translations across time. The old catalogues say: "It is a section within the Great Collection [Sūtra], and should not be preserved separately." Now, because its meaning and principles are profound and subtle, and it was translated anew separately in the fourth year of the Dali era, it currently serves as the fifth translation.
Benevolent Kings Sūtra, two fascicles (together with a preface), imperially composed by Emperor Daizong (long circulated) — 35 sheets
Ghana-vyūha-sūtra, three fascicles (together with a preface), imperially composed by Emperor Daizong — 51 sheets
Benevolent Kings Recitation Ritual, one fascicle — 19 sheets
The above sūtras and other texts total seventy works, amounting to ninety-seven fascicles. All were presented in the first month of the seventh year of the Dali era and issued under an imperial decree of Emperor Daizong for circulation in the catalogue. They ought to be compiled into the catalogue of all scriptures. (Originally one hundred and one fascicles were presented; the three-fascicle Benevolent Kings Sūtra Commentary has been moved later, and along with a lost scripture entry, it is now counted as ninety-seven fascicles.)
Those presented in succession thereafter are detailed below:
Sūtra on the Adornment of the Merits of the Buddha-Realm of the Great Noble Mañjuśrī Bodhisattva, three fascicles — 51 sheets
Accomplishing the King of the Wonderful Dharma Lotus Sūtra Yoga Contemplative Wisdom Ritual Manual, one fascicle — 25 sheets
[Hu] The above, together with the earlier five works such as the Benevolent Kings Sūtra, totaling ten fascicles, are in one case.
Abridged Recitation Ritual of Mahāsukha Vajrasattva from the Vajraśekhara Supreme Primal Yoga Sūtra, one fascicle — 11 sheets
Mahāsukha Vajrasattva Practice and Accomplishment Ritual Manual, one fascicle (extracted from the Auspicious Supreme Primal Yoga Sūtra) — 15 sheets
Accomplishment Method of the Great Yakṣiṇī Harītī and Her Beloved Sons, one fascicle (also called the Harītī Mother Method) — 12 sheets
Universal Light Great Mahāpratisarā Dhāraṇī-sūtra, two fascicles — 32 sheets
Vajraśekhara Transcending the Three Realms Sūtra Explaining the Supreme Aspects of the Five-Syllable Mantra of Mañjuśrī, one fascicle — 3 sheets
Verses on the Five-Syllable Dhāraṇī, one fascicle — 8 sheets
Instantly Effective Great Wonder Recitation Method of the Noble Yamāntaka Fierce King, one fascicle — 8 sheets
Mañjuśrī Bodhisattva Fundamental Great King of Teachings Garuḍarāja Chapter, one fascicle — 11 sheets
Amoghapāśa Vairocana Buddha Great Initiation Radiance Mantra, one fascicle (extracted from the Amoghapāśa-sūtra, fascicle 28) — 2 sheets
[Feng] The above nine works, in a total of ten fascicles, are in one case.
Noble Guhyakādhipati Wrathful Vajrakumāra Bodhisattva Accomplishment Ritual Manual Sūtra, three fascicles — 48 sheets
Great Wrathful Ucchuṣma Ritual Manual, one fascicle — 10 sheets
Sūtra of Mārīcī Spoken by the Buddha, one fascicle — 4 sheets
Vajraśekhara-sūtra One-Syllable Cakravartin Yoga Recitation Accomplishment of Buddhahood in All Places Ritual Manual, one fascicle — 8 sheets
Sūtra on Royal Governance Spoken by the Buddha for King Udayana, one fascicle — 9 sheets
Mahāvaipulya Tathāgatagarbha-sūtra, one fascicle — 18 sheets
Ekajaṭā Venerable One Dhāraṇī-sūtra Spoken by the Buddha, one fascicle — 14 sheets
Rapidly Effective Method of Garuḍa Possession Spoken by Maheśvara Deva, one fascicle — 6 sheets
[Ba] The above eight works, in a total of ten fascicles, are in one case.
Abridged Collected Recitation Practice Method of the Mahāvairocana-sūtra, one fascicle (also named Abridged Five-Limb Recitation Method) — 2 sheets
Abridged Manifestation of the Seven-Limb Practice Method of the Mahāvairocana-abhisaṃbodhi-vikurvitādhiṣṭhāna-sūtra, one fascicle — 3 sheets
Soapberry Seed Sūtra, one fascicle — 1 sheet
Vajraśekhara Yoga Mañjuśrī Bodhisattva Ritual Manual and Offering Method, one chapter (also named Mañjuśrī Five-Syllable Recitation Method) — 24 sheets
Mañjuśrī Kumārabhūta Bodhisattva Five-Syllable Yoga Method, one fascicle — 2 sheets
Vajraśekhara Trailokyavijaya Great Ritual Manual, one fascicle — 4 sheets
Sūtra on Auspicious and Inauspicious Times, Days, Good and Evil Asterisms and Planets Spoken by Mañjuśrī Bodhisattva and the Sages, two fascicles — 42 sheets
Vajraśekhara-sūtra Avalokiteśvara Tathāgata Practice Method, one fascicle — 6 sheets
Treatise on Generating Anuttarāsamyaksaṃbodhi in the Vajraśekhara Yoga, one fascicle (also called The Meaning of Cultivating Bodhicitta Contemplative Practice Spoken in the Yoga Dhāraṇī Teaching) — 7 sheets
[Xian] The above nine works, in a total of ten fascicles, are in one case.
Vajraśekhara-sūtra Explaining the Alphabet Chapter, one fascicle — 2 sheets

1.13.3

Ritual Manual for Recitation in Cultivating the Bodhisattva Practices of the Perfection of Wisdom, 1 fascicle; 7 sheets
Commentary on the Benevolent King Prajñā Dhāraṇī, 1 fascicle; 7 sheets
Teaching on the Recitation Method of the Lotus Section of Yoga for Achieving Great Compassion of Avalokiteśvara, 1 fascicle (also titled Achieving Great Compassion Avalokiteśvara); 12 sheets
Ritual Manual for the Mandala and Image of the Great Peacock Wisdom King Spoken by the Buddha, 1 fascicle; 4-odd sheets
Light Empowerment Sūtra of Vajrapāṇi, 1 fascicle (Chapter on the Recitation Ritual Manual of the Supreme Standing-Mudrā Holy Immovable One, the King of Great Awesome Wrath); 11 sheets
Marīcīdevī-mālā-sūtra, 1 fascicle; 11 sheets
Method of the Great Holy Celestial Joy Dual-Bodied Vināyaka, 1 fascicle; 3 sheets
Cintāmaṇicakra Yoga of Avalokiteśvara Bodhisattva, 1 fascicle; 9 sheets
Abridged Recitation Method of the Golden Wheel-King Uṣṇīṣa, 1 fascicle; 3 sheets
Extremely Esoteric Gate for Accomplishing Trailokyavijaya in the Sarvatathāgatatattvasaṃgraha Yoga, 1 fascicle; 3 sheets
[Case Jia 家] The above 11 works, totaling 11 fascicles, share 1 case.
The above 39 works, totaling 45 fascicles—further calculating the 3 works and 6 fascicles including the Benevolent King Sūtra presented in the 7th year of the Dali era—together make 5 cases. Now, additionally calculating all the scriptures previously presented in the 7th year of the Dali era, in total they amount to 109 works, calculated at 142 fascicles (among which the Mahāyāna Vinaya is lodged in the same case with the Gate of Contemplation on the Forty-Two Syllables of the Entry into the Dharmadhātu Chapter of the Avataṃsaka; the Mahāyāna Śāstras are 2 works in 2 fascicles: 1 fascicle shares the case with the Mahāyāna Vinaya, and 1 fascicle shares the case with the Abridged Recitation Method of Mahāvairocana), totaling 14 cases.
All of these were [translated by] the Kaifu Yitong Sansi, Specially Promoted, Acting Chief Minister of the Court of Imperial Entertainments, Duke of the State of Su, posthumously conferred Sikong, enfeoffed with three thousand households, posthumously named Dajian Zheng, styled Daguangzhi, the Tripiṭaka monk of Daxingshan Monastery, Amoghavajra (in Sanskrit, Amoghavajra; in Tang Chinese, Bukong Jingang), originally named Zhizang, who took Amoghavajra as his appellation after his name. Under the three reigns of Xuanzong, Suzong, and Daizong, he served as the National Preceptor of Empowerment. Across these three reigns, he received successive imperial edicts to translate sūtras, vinaya, and śāstras. Later, in the 7th year of the Dali era, he again successively submitted catalogues of scriptures. In the 15th year of the Zhenyuan era, it was ordered by imperial decree that they be compiled into the Zhenyuan Catalogue of Buddhist Teachings. The stūpa and temple stele inscriptions for Amoghavajra are both extant in Chang'an.
Mahāyāna-naya-ṣaṭpāramitā-sūtra, 10 fascicles (with preface); imperially composed by Emperor Dezong; 160 sheets
Sūtra on the Avataṃsaka Elder Asking the Buddha about Nārāyaṇa's Strength, 1 fascicle; 2 sheets
Prajñāpāramitāhṛdaya-sūtra, 1 fascicle (the fourth translation); 2 sheets
[Case Gei 給] The above 3 scriptures in 12 fascicles share 1 case.
Dhāraṇī-sūtra of the Guardian of the Realm, 10 fascicles (with a new preface to the sūtra); 155 sheets
[Case Qian 千] The above 1 scripture in 10 fascicles makes 1 case (translated together with Muniśrī and others in the 6th year of the Zhenyuan era, gengwu).
Jātaka-cittabhūmi-parīkṣā-sūtra, 8 fascicles (with preface); imperially composed by Emperor Dezong; 110 sheets
[Case Bing 兵] The above 1 scripture in 8 fascicles makes 1 case (translated in the 6th year of the Zhenyuan era, gengwu).
Buddhāvataṃsaka-sūtra, 40 fascicles (stated within to be the Chapter on Entering the Inconceivable Realm of Liberation and the Practices and Vows of Samantabhadra); 612 sheets
[Cases Gao 高, Guan 冠, Pei 陪, Nian 輦] The above 1 scripture in 40 fascicles makes 4 cases.
This scripture was personally handwritten by the King of the Uḍra kingdom and presented to Emperor Dezong of the Great Tang. This scripture corresponds to the Entry into the Dharmadhātu section in the earlier Flower [Avataṃsaka] Scripture, from the 60th to the 80th fascicle, totaling 21 fascicles; now translated into 40 fascicles. This scripture was translated in Chang'an in the 13th year of the Zhenyuan era. The memorial text of the Sanskrit manuscript originally presented is recorded after the first fascicle (though this scripture had previously been seen, its phrasing and doctrine contained many transpositions and adjustments, and so it was counted and copied as having arrived).
The 6 works above, totaling 70 fascicles, were all translated by the Tripiṭaka monk Prajñā of the kingdom of Kapiśa (in Sanskrit, Prajñā; in Tang Chinese, Zhihui) under Emperor Dezong the Sagacious, Divine, Civil, and Martial, from after the 4th year of the Zhenyuan era, wuchen, successively receiving imperial edicts to translate. In the 15th year of the Zhenyuan era, it was ordered by imperial decree that they be compiled into the Zhenyuan Catalogue of Buddhist Teachings.
Daśabala-sūtra, 1 fascicle (with preface and notes); 10 sheets
The above 1 scripture in 1 fascicle was translated in Anxi by Tripiṭaka [master] Muktitīkṣṇa (in Tang Chinese, Lianhua Jingjin) of the kingdom of Kucha.
Pariṇāmacakra-sūtra, 1 fascicle; 4 sheets
Daśabhūmika-sūtra, 9 fascicles; 121 sheets
The above 2 scriptures in 10 fascicles were translated in Beiting by the Khotanese Tripiṭaka [master] Śīladharma (in Tang Chinese, Jiefa).
[Case Qu 驅] The above 3 scriptures, totaling 11 fascicles, share 1 case.
These 3 scriptures in 11 fascicles share a single preface and record placed before the Daśabala-sūtra, which states that the monk Fajie of the Great Tang brought these Sanskrit manuscripts from Central India, and on his route requested that they be translated and brought back. In the 15th year of the Zhenyuan era, in accordance with an imperial decree, they were compiled into the Zhenyuan Catalogue of Buddhist Teachings.

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Mahāyāna Vinaya

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Ritual for Conferring the Bodhicitta Precepts, 1 work, 1 fascicle (among the number of scriptures presented in the Dali era; shares the case with the Gate of Contemplation on the Forty-Two Syllables of the Entry into the Dharmadhātu Chapter of the Avataṃsaka); 3 sheets

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Mahāyāna Śāstras

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Mahāyāna-pratītyasamutpāda-śāstra, 1 work, 1 fascicle (composed by the holy one Ulaṅka; among the number of scriptures presented in the 7th year of the Dali era; shares the case with the Mahāyāna Vinaya); 10 sheets
Treatise on Generating Anuttarā Samyaksaṃbodhi in the Vajrayoga, 1 work, 1 fascicle (shares the case with the Abridged Mahāvairocana-sūtra of the Dali era); 7 sheets
The above 3 works in 3 fascicles were translated by the Tripiṭaka [master] Amoghavajra of Daxingshan Monastery (re-indexed here).

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Hīnayāna Vinaya (Those Omitted from the Kaiyuan Catalogue)

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Mūlasarvāstivāda-vinaya Bhaiṣajyavastu, 20 fascicles (originally missing 2 fascicles within); 270 sheets
[Cases Gu 轂, Zhen 振] The above 1 work, totaling 20 fascicles, makes 2 cases.
Mūlasarvāstivāda-vinaya Saṃghabhedavastu, 20 fascicles; 335 sheets
[Cases Ying 纓, Shi 世] The above 1 work, totaling 20 fascicles, makes 2 cases.
Mūlasarvāstivāda-vinaya Pravrajyāvastu, 5 fascicles (originally missing 1 fascicle within); 87 sheets
Mūlasarvāstivāda-vinaya Varṣāvastu, 1 fascicle; 12 sheets
Mūlasarvāstivāda-vinaya Pravāraṇāvastu, 1 fascicle; 13 sheets
Mūlasarvāstivāda-vinaya Carmavastu, 2 fascicles; 28 sheets
Mūlasarvāstivāda-vinaya Kaṭhinavastu, 1 fascicle; 6 sheets
[Case Lu 祿] The above 5 works, totaling 10 fascicles, share 1 case (originally missing 1 fascicle within).
The 7 works above, in 50 fascicles (originally missing 3 fascicles within), were translated in the two capitals by the Great Tang Tripiṭaka [master] Yijing from the 1st year of Zhengsheng of the Great Zhou down to the 2nd year of Jingyun of the Great Tang. In accordance with the imperial edict of the 14th day of the 12th month of the 4th year of Chang'an, and the imperial edict of the 26th day of the intercalary 6th month of the 2nd year of Jingyun, they were compiled into the catalogue of scriptures. Now, seeing that they were omitted and not collected in the Kaiyuan Catalogue of Buddhist Teachings, gleanings are now gathered to supply the lacunae and compile them into the Zhenyuan Catalogue of Buddhist Teachings. Because searching for the texts has not yet yielded the complete set (namely the 3 fascicles originally missing), they are provisionally included and cataloged within the catalogue of missing texts (yet fearing that they might mistakenly be considered separate productions, they are also re-collected under their own proper section).

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Catalogues of the Zhenyuan Canon of the Reign of Dezong, etc.

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Xu Kaiyuan shijiao lu, 3 fascicles; 70 sheets
The above 1 work in 3 fascicles was compiled under imperial decree in the 10th year of the Zhenyuan era, jiaxu, by the monk Yuanzhao of Ximing Monastery in the Western Capital (shares the case with the Shi Falin biezhuan, with the Xu Zhenyuan lu placed within).
[Case Che 車] The above 3 works in 7 fascicles share 1 case.
Newly Established Zhenyuan Catalogue of Buddhist Teachings, 30 fascicles (originally 26 lines per sheet); 900-odd sheets
The above 1 work in 30 fascicles was compiled under imperial decree in the 15th year of the Zhenyuan era, yimao, by the monk Yuanzhao of Ximing Monastery in the Western Capital. In the 16th year of the Zhenyuan era, an imperial decree was issued circulating it.
[Cases Jia 駕, Fei 肥, Qing 輕, Ce 策] The above 1 work in 30 fascicles makes 4 cases.
The above Mahāyāna and Hīnayāna sūtras, vinaya, and śāstras, along with the recitation methods, the omitted vinaya texts, as well as the Qianbo jing and others from the Zhenyuan catalogue, total 135 works, calculated at 323 fascicles (excluding the 1 work of the Qianbo jing in 10 fascicles); all are counted as the quantity actually brought.
Yiqiejing yuan pinci lu, 30 fascicles (originally 25 lines per sheet; outside the Zhenyuan canon); 600 sheets
[Cases Gong 功, Mao 茂, Shi 實] The above 1 work in 30 fascicles makes 3 cases (if donors open a canon, because the characters are somewhat numerous, it can be counted as the number of 6 cases).
The above 1 work in 30 fascicles was compiled in the reign of Emperor Xuānzong of the Great Tang by the vinaya monk Congfan of Zhao Commandery, relying on the Zhenyuan Catalogue of Buddhist Teachings Entered into the Canon, from the 9th year of the Dazhong era, yihai, down to the 1st year of the Xiantong era, gengchen; it is also calculated in the count of scriptures actually brought. Now, combining with the preceding, they total 136 works (including the 1 work of the Qianbo jing in 10 fascicles) in 353 fascicles; in the Zhenyuan catalogue, the number copied and brought was not calculated (the copied months have also already been counted and copied for circulation).
Da foming jing, 16 fascicles (or 18 fascicles; appended to the Liang catalogue, author unknown); 410 sheets
[Cases Chi 侈, Fu 富] The above 1 work in 16 fascicles makes 2 cases.
Shi Falin biezhuan, 3 fascicles (compiled by the monk Yancong in the Zhenguan era); 45 sheets
The above 1 work in 3 fascicles shares 1 case with the 1 work of the Xu Kaiyuan lu in 3 fascicles.
The above 2 works in 19 fascicles were previously discussed in the Kaiyuan catalogue and not collected; later, in the 15th year of the Zhenyuan era, yimao, they were assembled and re-collected, and compiled by imperial decree into the Zhenyuan Catalogue of Buddhist Teachings for implementation (described in full detail in the Zhenyuan catalogue).
Xu Zhenyuan shijiao lu of the Great Tang, 1 fascicle
The above 1 work in 1 fascicle shares the case with the Biezhuan and others.
The above 1 work in 1 fascicle is produced by me, Hengan, upon obtaining and bringing the aforementioned scriptures of the Zhenyuan canon, to serve as a lasting record, and is also compiled here (fearing excessive text, a separate catalogue for canon arrangement is not produced).

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All the above combined—the scriptures previously actually brought, together with the Zhenyuan catalogue, the Pinci lu, the Da foming jing, the Biezhuan, the Qianbo jing, the Huayan lun, etc.—total 140 works, calculated at 413 fascicles (including 1 work in 1 fascicle of the new catalogue of scriptures), sharing 43 cases, fully listed as above. If arranged separately following the Kaiyuan canon, they are arranged like this. If arranged generally throughout the Kaiyuan catalogue following the divisions of Mahāyāna and Hīnayāna, then combined with the Elder's Huayan lun and others, they total 1,214 works, calculated at 5,431 fascicles, making 518 cases (odd fascicles are dispersed and collected among the cases of the various divisions, which causes additions or subtractions; including the Huayan lun in 1 work of 40 fascicles and the new catalogue of scriptures in 1 work of 1 fascicle), fully described as above. May the golden words not fall away, and the jade gāthās remain forever fragrant! This brief compilation and classification will hopefully ensure nothing is lost (arranged according to the Zhenyuan catalogue into 510 cases, the Pinci lu and Huayan lun being outside).

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Xu Zhenyuan shijiao lu of the Great Tang, in 1 fascicle, the year baoda yisi [945 CE].

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Your subject [Hengan] states: Some time ago, carrying scriptures from afar, I returned to the Divine Capital. Soon afterwards, I received the Imperial Grace, allowing their circulation and compilation into the catalogue, which truly augmented my joyful gratitude, not daring to obscure my sincere sentiments. Your subject is truly joyful, truly fearful, bowing his head and prostrating repeatedly. Humbly I reflect: Your Majesty the Emperor reigns over the Four Seas, your benevolence extending over myriad lands; moving in accord with the virtue of earth to meet the times, you mount the golden wheel to guide the world. Only that I, your subject, am fortunate to meet this flourishing era; having received extraordinary favor, there is nothing to compare with it. Now, heedless of the narrowness of my limited view, I have taken the newly translated Mahāyāna and Hīnayāna sūtras, vinayas, and treatises of the Zhenyuan canon that I retrieved, as well as the additionally calculated Da foming jing, Qianbo jing, and others—altogether one hundred and thirty-eight works, amounting to three hundred and seventy-two fascicles—with their sequence of works and cases, as well as the Xin Huayan jing lun and other works previously compiled into the canon, and compiled them into the Continued Zhenyuan Catalogue of Newly Translated Buddhist Teachings in the Yisi Year of the Baoda Era of the Great Tang in one fascicle, totaling seventeen sheets. Deeply concerned that as eras grow distant [these records might be lost], I fortunately made this record. I humbly beg that Your Majesty the Emperor, in your sage compassion, grant approval to order that they be compiled into the sequence of cases of the Zhenyuan canon scriptures and other works that I have brought, incorporated into the count, transcribed, and circulated, so as to aid the state. This one fascicle of the new catalogue of scriptures is respectfully submitted along with this memorial, humbly requesting your perusal. Offending the imperial presence, I cannot bear my utmost trembling and sweating. Respectfully I present this memorial to report, humbly awaiting the imperial decree. Your subject [Hengan], truly fearful, truly terrified, bowing his head and prostrating repeatedly, respectfully speaks.

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Submitted in the eleventh month of the fourth year of Baoda by your subject [Hengan], the Chan Great Virtuous Scripture-Fetcher of the Bao'en Chan Cloister of the Right Street. In accordance with [the directives from] the Monastic Secretariat and the Department of State Affairs, regarding the submitted Continued Zhenyuan Catalogue of Newly Translated Buddhist Teachings in the Yisi Year of the Baoda Era of the Great Tang in one fascicle, which received imperial endorsement and was handed down to the office: instructions were promptly given to the Monastic Secretariat of the Right Street to issue orders that it be compiled into the count of the newly translated Zhenyuan canon scriptures, transcribed, and circulated, with the particulars already reported to the throne.

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Issued on the fifteenth day of the twelfth month in the bingwu year, the fourth year of Baoda [946 CE].

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