Enpou Dentoroku

Japanese: 延宝伝灯録 - えんぽうでんとうろく

This is a collection of biographies of Zen monks written in 1678 (Enpo 6) by the Zen monk Mangenshiban of the Myoshinji sect after he spent over 30 years collecting material. It consists of 41 volumes and was first published in 1706 (Hoei 3). Enpo is the era name when it was completed, and Dento means to convey the truth of enlightenment. It includes the deeds of about 1,050 Zen monks, as well as phrases and expressions used when they attained enlightenment (kaigo). It also includes biographies of Zen practitioners such as the Emperor and Sosho Koji, as well as excerpts of koseki and miscellaneous writings by famous Zen monks, and its format is modeled after Chinese works such as the Jingde Chuandeng Lu.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

妙心寺派の禅僧卍元師蛮（まんげんしばん）が，資料収集に30余年を費やし，1678年(延宝6)に著した禅僧の伝記。全41巻。1706年(宝永3)に初めて刊行された。延宝は完成時の年号，伝灯は悟りの真理を伝えることである。禅僧約1050人の行状や悟りを得たとき(開悟)の機縁語句等を載せ，また天皇や相将居士の修禅者の伝や，著名な禅僧の広語や雑著を抄録するが，体裁は《景徳伝灯録》など中国の伝灯録に倣っている。

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