A survey about versions of Mandala Sutra
碩士 === 國立中央大學 === 中國文學研究所 === 96 === Mandala Sutra（壇經）is commonly known as the most important writing of Chinese Ch’an Buddhism（中國禪宗）. And as commonly known，the author is Huineng（惠能638-713）who was a famous monk in the Tang dynasty—the great master of Chinese Ch’an Buddhism—to be honored with title 「...
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2008
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| Summary: | 碩士 === 國立中央大學 === 中國文學研究所 === 96 === Mandala Sutra（壇經）is commonly known as the most important writing of Chinese Ch’an Buddhism（中國禪宗）. And as commonly known，the author is Huineng（惠能638-713）who was a famous monk in the Tang dynasty—the great master of Chinese Ch’an Buddhism—to be honored with title 「the Six Patriarch」（六祖）.
As commonly believed，the original Mandala Sutra was collected and edited by Huineng’s student，Farhai（法海）.But now the original version has been disappeared we could not see it anymore . Since 1291，the most common and popular version is Zongbao version（宗寶本）which was publish in 1291 . Besides，there still have another version so called Deyi version（德異本）in the Yuan dynasty which was published in 1290 . In fact，Zongbao version and Deyi version are almost the same . Zongbao version comprises a total of some 20,000 Chinese characters which was edited and published by a monk in the Yuan dynasty，Zongbao .It is a re-edited version from three different kind of ancient Mandala Sutra versions . We don’t actually know what those there versions are. Maybe some of them may have already disappeared.
In 1923，a Japanese Buddhist scholar，Keiki Yibuki（矢吹慶輝1879-1939）unexpectedly discovered an ancient version of Mandala Sutra which contains about 12,000 characters at the British Museum. This version is commonly known as Dunhuang version（敦煌本）.Besides，in 1933，Huixin version（惠昕本） had been republished by the way of collotype which was discovered in a temple of Japan.
By the discovery of ancient versions，People therefore realized that Mandala Sutra not only has variety versions but also has many different system among these versions. According to a Japanese scholar’s calculation，there are over 30 kind of versions of Mandala Sutra have been discovered or have been known. These versions can be further divided into some major groups. But it is not a easy job，for the sake of the literature lacks，many famous scholars made some wrong conclusions and also made some mistakes when they divided the system of groups. Based on this reason，This dissertation have two main purposes. First，I try to correct the mistakes from the former scholars. Secondly，I try to express my opinions and new discovery.
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