Sengyou

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Sengyou ( Chinese  僧祐 , Pinyin Sēngyòu , W.-G. Seng-yu ; 445 - 518 ) or Seng You , also translated as monk You , was a Buddhist master and historian of the Qi - Liang -time of the Southern Dynasties .

Dinglin Temple Pagoda in Jiangning District of Nanjing

life and work

Sengyou, with the family name Yu 俞, came from Xiapi 下邳 (near today's Suining , Jiangsu Province). At the age of 14 he became a monk and studied Buddhism under Fada 法 达 in Dinglin Temple定 林寺 (Jinling, Fangshan) and with Faying 法 颖, a Vinaya master. So Sengyou later became a famous scholar in the Buddhist Vinaya. His most famous works are his collection of reports on the Tripitaka ( Chu sanzang jiji 出 三藏 記 集 , Collected Records concerning the Tripitaka , T 2145, a catalog of Buddhist literature translated into Chinese) and the Hongming ji Buddhist collection ( 弘 明 集 ).

See also

literature

  • 汉英 中国 哲学 辞典. 开封 2002
  • David R. Knechtges, Taiping Chan (Ed.): Ancient and Early Medieval Chinese Literature (vol. 2). A Reference Guide, Part Two. Series: Handbook of Oriental Studies . Section 4 China, Volume: 25/2. 2013 ( books.google.de )

Web links

Wikisource: 釋 僧 祐  - Sources and full texts (Chinese)

References and footnotes

  1. ↑ Seng You . In: Han-Ying Zhongguo zhexue cidian. Kaifeng 2002, p. 428
  2. ↑ cf. H. Schmidt-Glintzer: The Hung-ming chi and the acceptance of Buddhism in China. Munich East Asian Studies, Volume 12. Wiesbaden 1976
personal data
SURNAME Sengyou
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 僧 祐; Seng You; Shi Sengyou; 釋 僧 祐
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Buddhist master and historian
DATE OF BIRTH 445
DATE OF DEATH 518