The Transmission Of The Lamp
''The Jingde Record of the Transmission of the Lamp'' (), often referred to as ''The Transmission of the Lamp'', is a 30 volume work consisting of putative biographies of the Chan Buddhism, Chan Buddhist and Zen, Zen Buddhist patriarchs and other prominent Buddhist monks. It was produced in the Song dynasty by Shi Daoyuan (). Other than the ''Anthology of the Patriarchal Hall'', it represents the first appearance of "encounter dialogues" in the Chan tradition, which in turn are the antecedents of the famous kōan stories. The word ''Jingde'' (景德), the first two characters of the title, refers to the Song dynasty reign name, which dates the work to between 1004 and 1007 CE. It is a primary source of information for the history of Chan Buddhism in China, although most scholars interpret the biographies as largely hagiography. The lives of the Zen masters and disciples are systematically listed, beginning with the List of Buddhas, first seven buddhas (Gautama Buddha is seventh i ...
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Jingde Chuandenglu
Jingde may refer to: * Jingde County (旌德县), Xuancheng, Anhui, China * Jingde, Guangxi (敬德镇), town in Debao County, Guangxi, China *Jingde (景德; 1004–1007), era name of Emperor Zhenzong of the Song dynasty See also * Jingdezhen (景德镇市), prefecture-level city of Jiangxi, China {{disambiguation, geo ...
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