The origin of the transmission of Buddhism in the Three Kingdoms

Japanese: 三国仏法伝通縁起 - さんごくぶっぽうでんずうえんぎ
The origin of the transmission of Buddhism in the Three Kingdoms

A Buddhist book. 3 volumes. Completed in 1311 (Ocho 1). Written by Gyonen. It outlines the history of the spread of Buddhism in the three countries of India, China, and Japan. Written at the request of Emperor Go-Uda, the first volume describes the establishment and development of Buddhism in Tenjiku (India), and the spread of the thirteen sects in China, including Bidam, Jojitsu, Kairyū, Sanron, Nehan, Jiron, Jodo, Zen, Shōron, Tendai, Kegon, Hosso, and Shingon, while the second and third volumes briefly describe the eight sects in Japan, Sanron, Hosso, Kegon, Kusha, Jojitsu, Ritsu, Tendai, and Shingon, as well as the spread of Zen and Jodo. Along with Gyōnen's Hachisū Koyo, it is an important introductory book for beginners.

[Natomi Tokuten]

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Japanese:

仏教書。3巻。1311年(応長1)成立。著者は凝然(ぎょうねん)。インド、中国、日本の三国における仏教流伝の歴史を概説したもの。後宇多(ごうだ)法皇の要請で著されたが、上巻は天竺(てんじく)(インド)における仏教の成立と発展、震旦(しんたん)(中国)における毘曇(びどん)、成実(じょうじつ)、戒律、三論、涅槃(ねはん)、地論(じろん)、浄土、禅、摂論(しょうろん)、天台、華厳(けごん)、法相(ほっそう)、真言(しんごん)など十三宗の伝播(でんぱ)について述べ、中・下巻は日本における三論、法相、華厳、倶舎(くしゃ)、成実、律、天台、真言の八宗と、禅宗、浄土宗の弘通(ぐつう)について略述している。凝然の著『八宗綱要』とともに初学者の入門書として重要である。

[納冨常天]

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