Records of the Transmission of the Lamp

E277436

Buddhist historical compendium Chan Buddhist text Chinese Buddhist literature lamp record

Records of the Transmission of the Lamp is a classic Chan Buddhist compendium of lineage histories, teachings, and enlightenment stories tracing the transmission of awakening from the Buddha through generations of Chinese masters.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Record of the Transmission of the Lamp	1
Records of the Transmission of the Lamp canonical	1
景德傳燈錄	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Buddhist historical compendium ⓘ Chan Buddhist text ⓘ Chinese Buddhist literature ⓘ lamp record ⓘ
aim	to document transmission of awakening ⓘ to legitimize Chan lineages ⓘ
compiledInDynasty	Song dynasty ⓘ
compiledInReignPeriod	Jingde era ⓘ
compiledInYear	1004 ⓘ 1005 ⓘ
compiler	Daoyuan ⓘ
contains	enlightenment stories ⓘ koan-like encounter dialogues ⓘ lineage histories ⓘ sayings of Chan masters ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	China ⓘ
editor	Yang Yi ⓘ
genre	hagiography ⓘ lamp history ⓘ religious biography ⓘ
hasAlternativeTitle	Jingde chuandeng lu ⓘ surface form: Jingde Record of the Transmission of the Lamp Jingde chuandeng lu ⓘ Records of the Transmission of the Lamp ⓘ surface form: Record of the Transmission of the Lamp
hasApproximateNumberOfBiographies	1700 ⓘ
hasNumberOfFascicles	30 ⓘ
hasTitleInChinese	Records of the Transmission of the Lamp self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: 景德傳燈錄
importantFor	construction of Chan lineage ideology ⓘ formation of Song-dynasty Chan identity ⓘ
includesSectionOn	Bodhidharma ⓘ Huineng ⓘ Linji lineage ⓘ surface form: Northern and Southern Chan schools
influenced	Japanese Zen lineage narratives ⓘ later Chan lamp histories ⓘ
language	Classical Chinese ⓘ
literaryForm	anecdotal narratives ⓘ biographical entries ⓘ
periodDescribed	from the Buddha to early Song dynasty ⓘ
preservedIn	Tripitaka ⓘ surface form: Taishō Tripiṭaka
religiousTradition	Chan Buddhism ⓘ Zen ⓘ surface form: Zen Buddhism
subject	Buddhist enlightenment ⓘ Chan patriarchal lineage ⓘ transmission of the Dharma ⓘ
TaishoNumber	T2076 ⓘ
tracesLineageFrom	Shakyamuni Buddha ⓘ surface form: Śākyamuni Buddha
tracesLineageThrough	six Chinese patriarchs ⓘ twenty-eight Indian patriarchs ⓘ
usedAsSourceBy	later Song Chan compilers ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Chan Buddhism → textualCollection → Records of the Transmission of the Lamp ⓘ

Records of the Transmission of the Lamp → hasTitleInChinese → Records of the Transmission of the Lamp self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: 景德傳燈錄

Records of the Transmission of the Lamp → hasAlternativeTitle → Records of the Transmission of the Lamp ⓘ

this entity surface form: Record of the Transmission of the Lamp