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Sengyou
Sengyou (; 445–518 AD) was a Buddhist monk and early medieval Chinese bibliographer and noted chiefly for being the author of ''Collected Records concerning the Tripitaka'' (出三藏記集 ''Chu sanzang jìjí'', T2145), a catalogue of Buddhist texts translated into Chinese. Sengyou's ancestral home was Xiapi in Pengcheng Commandery (northwest of modern Suining, Jiangsu). However, his father moved to Jiankang (建康), where he was born. His secular name was Yu. As a young boy he practiced devotions at Jianchu Monastery. At 14, rather than acquiesce to an arranged marriage, he took novice vows and entered Dinglin Monastery, Zhongshan in Jiankang. He was ordained as a bhikkhu aged 20 and received instruction in Vinaya by Faying (d.480). He became renown as a master of the Vinaya. Chu sanzang jìjí Although there were earlier works of bibliography with respect to Buddhist texts at the time, Sengyou introduced important innovations in how the texts were arranged, including a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baochang (monk) Baochang (寶唱; Bǎochàng) (466-518? CE) was a Buddhist monk, librarian, and author during the Liang dynasty in China. Biography Baochang came from a poor family in Wu. He had to work hard in the fields to provide for himself and his parents. Because the plot of land they owned was too small to provide ample means of living, he looked around for other jobs on the side. Thus he found work as a copyist and was able to make some extra money. In 483, Sengyou was ordered to go to Wu and Baochang immediately left the family life to become his disciple. After fleeing east from the chaos that accompanied the fall of the Southern Qi, he was summoned by Emperor Wu of the Liang to take up the position as abbot of the Xin'an (新安) monastery in 505 AD. Baochang participated in a number of translation and cataloguing projects under imperial patronage. In 510, Baochang became very ill. Fearing the worst, he started praying, and uttered the two vows that, should he recover, he would sear ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] |