• Yuedeng sanwei jing (The Candrapradīpasamādhi, Moonlamp Buddha contemplation sūtra)
    月燈三味經

Contributor:
  • 磧砂延聖院
Publisher:
  • [Pingjiang Fu : Qisha Yan sheng yuan, Song Shaoding 4 nian i.e. 1231-Yuan Zhizhi 2 nian i.e. 1322]
  • [平江府 : 磧砂延聖院, 宋紹定4年 i.e. 1231-元至治2年 i.e. 1322]
Extent:
  • 5359 v. : ill. ; 30 cm.
Format:
Description:
  • 藏本不完整. 存1479種, 6014 卷.
  • 561函.
  • 框高25公分, 6行17字, 上下單邊.
  • 經摺裝.
  • 以補版本, 異版本及鈔本配補.
  • 附錄共3件. 第1為I.V. Gillis等製表1冊,有胡适、屈萬里等手記, 34 cm；第2件依照《影印宋磧砂版大藏經目錄》與館藏子目核對,1冊, 有屈萬里1965年手記, 29 cm; 第3件館藏有圖及年代記錄, 在文件夾中, 14頁, 30 cm.
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Curator's notes:

  • Classical Chinese
    Suzhou (Pingjiang fu), 1238, paper

    Woodblock printing enabled printing on demand; the original blocks would be stored for future printing. The carving of the Buddhist Qisha Canon (with an extraordinary 6,000 volumes), named after the location of the organizing temple, was untypically paid for by contributions from average believers, and thus took roughly 100 years. Blocks for the volume shown here were cut in 1238, but the illustration dates from 70 years later. The printing was probably done in the 15th century, and the rebinding is later still. Princeton owns more than 5,000 volumes of this Canon, and it is one of highlights of the Gest Collection.

    Gest Collection, TC513/2198, vol. 156

    For further reading

    Chia, Lucille. “The life and afterlife of Qisha Canon (Qishazang).” In Spreading Buddha's word in East Asia: the formation and transformation of the Chinese Buddhist Canon, edited by Jiang Wu and Lucille Chia, 181-218. New York: Columbia University Press, 2015.

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