Yong Chao

Japanese: 永超 - えいちょう

Year of death: Kaho 2.12.29 (1096.1.27)
Year of birth: Chowa 3 (1014)
A scholarly monk of the mid-to-late Heian period. A native of Kyoto. Son of Izumo no Kami Tachibana Toshitaka. He studied Hosso Buddhism under the guidance of the head priest of Kofuku-ji Temple. One theory is that he moved from Mount Hiei to Kofuku-ji Temple. Due to his work as a lecturer (such as a lecturer) for the Three Assemblies of Nara (Yima-e, Gosai-e, and Saisho-e), he became a Gon Ritsushi in 1074, and later advanced to Gon Daisozu. He lived at Saion-ji Temple, a subsidiary temple of Kofuku-ji Temple, and served as a priest for the Golden Hall of Hossho-ji Temple and as a bettoman of Horyu-ji Temple. The Touki Dento Mokuroku, compiled in 1093, is famous as a catalog of Buddhist scriptures held by Kofuku-ji Temple and other temples. One of his disciples was Tanshu. He is said to have been fond of eating fish. <References> Inoue Mitsusada, "Research on the History of Ancient Japanese Thought"

(Koji Okano)

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没年：嘉保2.12.29(1096.1.27)
生年：長和3(1014)
平安中・後期の学僧。京都の人。出雲守橘俊孝の子。興福寺主恩に従い法相宗を学ぶ。一説に比叡山から興福寺に移ったという。南都の三会(維摩会,御斎会,最勝会)の講師を勤めた(已講といった)労により,承保1(1074)年に権律師となり,のちに権大僧都に進んだ。興福寺子院の斉恩寺に住み,法勝寺金堂供僧,法隆寺別当を勤めた。寛治8(1093)年に選述した『東域伝燈目録』は,興福寺はじめ諸寺院の所蔵した仏典目録として有名である。弟子に湛秀がいる。魚肉を好んで食したといわれる。<参考文献>井上光貞『日本古代思想史の研究』

(岡野浩二)

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