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Chinese Literature
Buddhist writings (shijia 釋家)
The type of Buddhist writings (shijia lei 釋家類) is a sub-category to the literary category of masters and philosophers (zibu 子部) in the collectaneum Siku quanshu 四庫全書. 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 Siku quanshu 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.

書名 Title Author(s)
弘明集 Hongmingji (Liang) 僧祐 Sengyou
廣弘明集 Guang hongmingji (Tang) 道宣 Daoxuan
法苑珠林 Fayuan zhulin (Tang) 道世 Daoshi
牟子理惑論 * Mouzi lihuo lun 牟融 Mou Rong
金剛經 * Jingangjing 鳩摩羅什 Kumarajiva (transl.)
妙法蓮花經 * Miaofa lianhua jing 鳩摩羅什 Kumarajiva (transl.)
涅槃經 * Niepanjing 慧嚴 Huiyan (transl.)
無量壽經 * Wuliangshou jing (XXX) 康僧鎧 Sanghavarman (transl.)
佛國記 Foguoji → Geography (Jin) 法顯 Faxian
洛陽伽藍記 Luoyang qielan ji → Geography (Northern Wei) 楊衒之 Yang Xuanzhi
大唐西域記 Da-Tang xiyu ji → Geography (Tang) 玄奘 Xuanzang
心經 * Xinjing (Tang) 玄奘 Xuanzang (transl.)
壇經 * Tanjing (Tang) 惠能 Huineng
比丘尼傳 * Biqiuni zhuan (Liang) 寳唱 Baochang
高僧傳 * Gaosengzhuan (Liang) 慧皎 Huijiao
續高僧傳 * Xu gaosengzhuan (Tang) 道宣 Daoxuan
宋高僧傳 Song gaosengzhuan (Song) 贊寧 Zanning
明高僧傳 * Ming gaosengzhuan (Ming) 如惺 Ruxing
五燈會元 Wudeng huiyuan (Song) 普濟 Puji

* not included in the imperial collectaneum Siku quanshu 四庫全書
Chinese literature according to the four-category system

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