Yongle Northern Canon
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The Yongle Northern Canon is a significant early Ming dynasty printed edition of the Chinese Buddhist canon, commissioned under the Yongle Emperor and notable for its historical and textual influence on East Asian Buddhism.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Buddhist scripture collection
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Chinese Buddhist canon edition ⓘ Ming dynasty woodblock print edition ⓘ |
| associatedWith | imperial Buddhist projects of the Yongle reign ⓘ |
| circulation | distributed to major monasteries ⓘ |
| commissionedBy | Yongle Emperor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| compiledInDynasty | Ming dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contains |
abhidharma texts
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commentaries ⓘ ritual texts ⓘ sūtras ⓘ vinaya texts ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | China ⓘ |
| culturalContext | Chinese imperial Buddhism ⓘ |
| dateOfProduction | early 15th century ⓘ |
| format | woodblock print ⓘ |
| genre | Buddhist canon ⓘ |
| hasSignificance |
important witness to Ming dynasty Buddhist textual culture
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key source for East Asian Buddhist textual transmission ⓘ major early Ming printed canon ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | early Ming period ⓘ |
| influenced |
Japanese Buddhism
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Korean Buddhism NERFINISHED ⓘ Vietnamese Buddhism NERFINISHED ⓘ later Chinese Buddhist canons ⓘ |
| influencedBy | earlier Chinese printed canons ⓘ |
| language | Classical Chinese ⓘ |
| mediaType | printed book ⓘ |
| patron | Yongle Emperor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfProduction | Beijing NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| preservationStatus | partially extant ⓘ |
| productionMethod | woodblock printing ⓘ |
| region | East Asia ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Chinese Buddhist Canon
NERFINISHED
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Tripiṭaka NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Buddhism ⓘ |
| script | Chinese characters ⓘ |
| sponsorType | imperial sponsorship ⓘ |
| subject |
Buddhist doctrine
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Buddhist monastic discipline ⓘ Buddhist ritual practice ⓘ |
| tradition |
East Asian Buddhism
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Mahāyāna Buddhism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedIn |
monastic study
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ritual recitation ⓘ scriptural reference ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Chinese ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.