Chinese Buddhist Canon

E281267

Buddhist canon religious text collection scriptural corpus

The Chinese Buddhist Canon is the comprehensive collection of Buddhist scriptures translated into Chinese over many centuries, encompassing sutras, vinaya texts, and commentaries that shaped East Asian Buddhism.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Chinese Buddhist Canon canonical	6
Chinese Buddhist Tripiṭaka	1
Chinese Buddhist canon	1
Chinese Tripiṭaka	1

Statements (68)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Buddhist canon ⓘ religious text collection ⓘ scriptural corpus ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Chinese Buddhist Canon ⓘ surface form: Chinese Buddhist Tripiṭaka Chinese Buddhist Canon ⓘ surface form: Chinese Tripiṭaka Tripitaka ⓘ surface form: Dàzàngjīng
basedOn	Central Asian Buddhist texts ⓘ Indian Buddhist texts ⓘ translations from Gandhari ⓘ translations from Pali (indirectly) ⓘ translations from Prakrits ⓘ translations from Sanskrit ⓘ
compiledIn	China ⓘ
contains	Abhidhamma Pitaka ⓘ surface form: Abhidharma Piṭaka Sutta Pitaka ⓘ surface form: Sūtra Piṭaka Tripiṭaka structure ⓘ Vinaya Pitaka ⓘ surface form: Vinaya Piṭaka
developedFrom	early Chinese Buddhist translations ⓘ
feature	includes both translated and indigenous Chinese compositions ⓘ includes commentarial literature ⓘ includes doctrinal treatises ⓘ includes liturgical and ritual manuals ⓘ organized into numbered fascicles in many editions ⓘ preserves many Indian texts lost in original languages ⓘ
function	scriptural authority for East Asian Buddhism ⓘ
hasPart	Chinese Buddhist treatises ⓘ Mahayana sutras ⓘ surface form: Mahāyāna sūtras Tantric texts ⓘ abhidharma texts ⓘ apocryphal scriptures ⓘ commentaries ⓘ ritual texts ⓘ sutras ⓘ vinaya texts ⓘ Āgama collections ⓘ
influenced	Chan Buddhism ⓘ surface form: Chan (Zen) Buddhism Chinese Buddhism ⓘ Esoteric Buddhism in East Asia ⓘ Huayan / Kegon ⓘ surface form: Huayan school Japanese Buddhism ⓘ Korean Buddhism ⓘ Pure Land Buddhism ⓘ Tiantai school ⓘ Vietnamese Buddhism ⓘ
language	Classical Chinese ⓘ Literary Chinese ⓘ
majorEdition	Jiajing Canon ⓘ Kaibao ⓘ surface form: Kaibao Canon Tripitaka Koreana ⓘ surface form: Koryŏ Canon Qianlong Canon ⓘ Qisha Canon ⓘ Taishō Shinshū Daizōkyō ⓘ Yongle Northern Canon ⓘ Yongle Southern Canon ⓘ
region	East Asia ⓘ
religion	Buddhism ⓘ
script	Chinese characters ⓘ
timePeriod	Han dynasty ⓘ Ming dynasty ⓘ Qing dynasty ⓘ Six Dynasties ⓘ surface form: Six Dynasties period Song dynasty ⓘ Tang dynasty ⓘ Yuan dynasty ⓘ
tradition	East Asian Buddhism ⓘ
usedBy	Chinese Buddhist monastics ⓘ East Asian Buddhist schools ⓘ Mahayana ⓘ surface form: Mahayana Buddhists

Referenced by (9)

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

Tripitaka → preservedIn → Chinese Buddhist Canon ⓘ

Chinese Buddhism → hasScripture → Chinese Buddhist Canon ⓘ

East Asian Buddhism → scripturalCanon → Chinese Buddhist Canon ⓘ

Āgamas → preservedIn → Chinese Buddhist Canon ⓘ

Three Baskets → preservedIn → Chinese Buddhist Canon ⓘ

Chinese Buddhist Canon → alsoKnownAs → Chinese Buddhist Canon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chinese Tripiṭaka

Chinese Buddhist Canon → alsoKnownAs → Chinese Buddhist Canon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chinese Buddhist Tripiṭaka

Tathāgatagarbha sutras → preservedIn → Chinese Buddhist Canon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chinese Buddhist canon

Buddha’s discourses → collectedIn → Chinese Buddhist Canon ⓘ