Jingde chuandeng lu

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Jingde chuandeng lu is a classic Chinese Chan (Zen) Buddhist text compiling biographies and enlightenment stories of patriarchs and eminent monks, foundational to the Chan transmission lineage tradition.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Chan Buddhist text
Chinese Buddhist text
biographical collection
lamp record
approximateCompilationYear 1004
canonicalStatus foundational Chan historical source
centralTheme legitimization of Chan lineage transmission
mind-to-mind transmission
compiledInDynasty Song dynasty
compiledInReignOf Emperor Zhenzong of Song NERFINISHED
compiledInReignPeriod Jingde era NERFINISHED
compiler Daoyuan NERFINISHED
contains biographies of Chinese Chan masters
biographies of Indian patriarchs
encounter dialogues
gong’an-like stories
countryOfOrigin China
editor Yang Yi NERFINISHED
fieldOfStudy Buddhist studies
Chan studies
East Asian religious history
genre hagiography
lamp history
religious biography
includesFigure Bodhidharma NERFINISHED
Huineng NERFINISHED
Linji Yixuan NERFINISHED
Mazu Daoyi NERFINISHED
influenced Song dynasty Chan identity
koan literature
later Chan lamp histories
language Classical Chinese
preservedIn Taishō Tripiṭaka NERFINISHED
religiousTradition Chan Buddhism NERFINISHED
Zen Buddhism NERFINISHED
structure 30 juan
subject Chan patriarchs
Chan transmission lineage
eminent monks
enlightenment stories
TaishoNumber T2076
titleInChineseCharacters 景德傳燈錄 NERFINISHED
titleInPinyin Jǐngdé chuándēng lù
titleInSimplifiedChinese 景德传灯录 NERFINISHED
translatedTitle Jingde Record of the Transmission of the Lamp NERFINISHED
Record of the Transmission of the Lamp in the Jingde Era NERFINISHED
usedIn construction of orthodox Chan genealogies

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Records of the Transmission of the Lamp hasAlternativeTitle Jingde chuandeng lu
this entity surface form: Jingde Record of the Transmission of the Lamp