Yongle Southern Canon
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The Yongle Southern Canon is an early Ming dynasty woodblock-printed edition of the Chinese Buddhist canon, commissioned under the Yongle Emperor and notable for its historical and textual significance.
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Chinese Buddhist canon edition
ⓘ
Ming dynasty Buddhist canon ⓘ woodblock-printed canon ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Yongle Emperor’s cultural policies
ⓘ
imperial Buddhist projects of the Yongle reign ⓘ |
| circulation |
imperial monasteries
ⓘ
major Buddhist temples in Ming China ⓘ |
| classification | Tripitaka (three baskets) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commissionedBy | Yongle Emperor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contains |
abhidharma texts
ⓘ
commentarial literature ⓘ sutras ⓘ vinaya texts ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | China ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance |
evidence of state support for Buddhism in early Ming
ⓘ
example of Ming woodblock printing craftsmanship ⓘ |
| dynasty | Ming dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| follows | Yuan dynasty Buddhist canon traditions ⓘ |
| genre | Buddhist scripture collection ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn | textual transmission of Chinese Buddhist canon ⓘ |
| hasPart | Tripitaka sections ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | early Ming period ⓘ |
| influenced | later Ming Buddhist canon editions ⓘ |
| language | Classical Chinese ⓘ |
| material | paper ⓘ |
| mediaType | printed book ⓘ |
| notableFor |
early Ming woodblock printing quality
ⓘ
historical significance ⓘ textual significance ⓘ |
| patron | Ming imperial court NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| printingTechnique | woodblock printing ⓘ |
| productionMethod | carved wooden printing blocks ⓘ |
| purpose |
imperial sponsorship of Buddhism
ⓘ
standardization of Buddhist scriptures ⓘ |
| religion | Buddhism ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Chinese Buddhism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| script | Chinese characters ⓘ |
| subject |
Buddhist cosmology
ⓘ
Buddhist doctrine ⓘ Buddhist philosophy ⓘ monastic discipline ⓘ |
| textualForm | Chinese translation of Indian and Central Asian Buddhist texts ⓘ |
| typeOfWork | religious text collection ⓘ |
| usedFor |
religious reading and recitation
ⓘ
scholarly study of Ming Buddhist textual history ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.