The Story of Luoyang Temple

Written by Yang Yanzhi of the Eastern Wei Dynasty in China. Five volumes. The Northern Wei capital of Luoyang had 1,367 temples, reflecting the prosperity of Buddhism at the time, but after the wars and relocation of the capital at the end of the Northern Wei Dynasty, it fell into ruin, and by the time the author revisited Luoyang in the 5th year of Wuding (547) during the Eastern Wei Dynasty, the number had dropped sharply to 421. Lamenting the state of ruin, this book records the status, history, and hearsay of the major temples in Luoyang, in the order of inside the city, east, south, west, and north. It is a valuable document that conveys the politics, culture, and customs of the time, and the travelogue of Song Yun's trip to India to collect Buddhist scriptures (Song Yun's Travel Journal) at the end of the book is highly valuable as a source of information on the Western Regions. Studies on this book include Zhou Zumo's A Critical Commentary on the Records of the Luoyang Monasteries (1958) and Fan Xiangyong's Annotated Records of the Luoyang Monasteries (ibid.).

[Sato Tamotsu]

"Yoshitaka Iriya et al., translated "Records of Luoyang Temple and Notes on the Water Sui Jing" (Heibonsha, Toyo Bunko)" ▽ "Kazutoshi Nagasawa, translated and annotated "The Biography of Faxian and Song Yun's Travels" (Heibonsha, Toyo Bunko)"

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

中国、東魏(とうぎ)の楊衒之(ようげんし)の著。五巻。北魏の都洛陽は当時の仏教の隆盛を反映して、1367の寺院があったが、北魏末の戦乱と遷都ののちは荒廃し、東魏の武定(ぶてい)5年（547）、著者が洛陽を再訪したときには421寺に激減していた。その荒廃のさまを憂い、洛陽の主要な寺院の状況、歴史、伝聞などを、城内、城東、城南、城西、城北の順に記録したもの。当時の政治、文化、風俗を伝える貴重な文献であり、また巻末に載せる宋雲(そううん)のインド取経の旅行記（『宋雲行紀』）は、西域(せいいき)資料として価値が高い。本書の研究に周祖謨(しゅうそぼ)『洛陽伽藍記校釈』（1958）、范祥雍(はんしょうよう)『洛陽伽藍記校注』（同）がある。

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