Dazhidu lun chao / Extracts from the Great Perfection of Wisdom Treatise
{"WorkMasterId":6007,"WpPageId":277307,"ParentWpPageId":193908,"Slug":"extracts-from-great-perfection-of-wisdom","Url":"https://chrisdeasy.com/theos/humanities/philosophy/philosophers/huiyuan/extracts-from-great-perfection-of-wisdom/","RelativeUrl":"theos/humanities/philosophy/philosophers/huiyuan/extracts-from-great-perfection-of-wisdom/","HasFullText":false,"RawHtmlLength":69748,"CleanHtmlLength":16494,"Kicker":"Philosophy Work","Title":"Dazhidu lun chao / Extracts from the Great Perfection of Wisdom Treatise","Deck":"The work-cluster represents Huiyuan\u0027s abridgment and interpretive handling of the massive Great Perfection of Wisdom Treatise after Kumārajīva\u0027s translation.","BackLink":{"Text":"Back to Huiyuan","Url":"https://chrisdeasy.com/theos/humanities/philosophy/philosophers/huiyuan/"},"AuthorCard":{"Label":"Author","Title":"Huiyuan","Url":"https://chrisdeasy.com/theos/humanities/philosophy/philosophers/huiyuan/","MediaHref":"","ImageSrc":"https://chrisdeasy.com/wp-content/uploads/huiyuan-01-wanxiaotang-hui-yuan-portrait.jpg","ImageAlt":"Wanxiaotang portrait of Huiyuan","FilterTerra":"China (East Asia)","ClickText":"Huiyuan","ClickHref":"https://chrisdeasy.com/theos/humanities/philosophy/philosophers/huiyuan/","Copies":["334 CE – 416 CE","Loufan, Yanmen Commandery, Bingzhou, near modern Ningwu County, Shanxi","Eastern Jin Chinese Buddhist scholastic monk associated with Mount Lu, Donglin Temple, early Chinese Pure Land devotion, Prajnaparamita interpretation, karmic retribution, monastic autonomy from royal ritual, and the correspondence with Kumārajīva."]},"ContextCards":[{"Label":"Period","Key":"Period:1","Title":"Ancient History","DateText":"3000 BCE – 499 CE","Url":"https://chrisdeasy.com/theos/humanities/philosophy/eras-of-thought/philosophers-of-ancient-history/"},{"Label":"Era","Key":"Era:3","Title":"Classical Antiquity","DateText":"500 BCE – 499 CE","Url":"https://chrisdeasy.com/theos/humanities/philosophy/eras-of-thought/philosophers-of-ancient-history/philosophers-of-classical-antiquity/"},{"Label":"Composition","Title":"406 CE","Url":"","DateText":""}],"DateNote":"Displayed as 406 CE because the abridgment is tied to Huiyuan\u0027s reception of Kumārajīva\u0027s early fifth-century Dazhidu lun translation.","GeoCards":[{"Label":"Region","Key":"Region:2"},{"Label":"Terra Avita","Key":"TerraAvita:10"},{"Label":"Terra Avita Region","Key":"TerraAvitaRegion:41"},{"Label":"Modern Country","Key":"Country:CHN:10"}],"OriginalTitle":"大智度論鈔","Language":"Classical Chinese","DisciplineCards":[{"Label":"Primary Discipline","Key":"Discipline:epistemology"},{"Label":"Secondary Discipline","Key":"Discipline:metaphysics"}],"Tradition":"Eastern Jin Chinese Buddhism, Mount Lu scholastic monasticism, early Pure Land devotion, Prajnaparamita interpretation, Abhidharma reception, karma and rebirth, monastic autonomy, and correspondence with Kumārajīva","FullText":null,"CoreThesis":["The work-cluster represents Huiyuan\u0027s abridgment and interpretive handling of the massive Great Perfection of Wisdom Treatise after Kumārajīva\u0027s translation."],"Classification":{"AlternateTitles":"Dazhidu lun chao; Dazhidu lun yaolue; Extracts from the Mahāprajñāpāramitā Treatise; Extracts from the Great Perfection of Wisdom Treatise","KeyConcepts":"Great Perfection of Wisdom Treatise; Dazhidu lun; Prajnaparamita; Kumārajīva; abridgment; interpretation; wisdom; emptiness","Methodology":"Direct work-cluster record based on reference entries, Chinese text surfaces, catalog records, and modern scholarship. Public Chinese text is evidence only and no full text is imported.","Structure":"One work-cluster page with Chinese title, English title, date note where available, doctrinal focus, and source evidence. Surviving fragments, prefaces, correspondence layers, and later textual witnesses are documented but not split into full-text pages."},"Arguments":["The work-cluster represents Huiyuan\u0027s abridgment and interpretive handling of the massive Great Perfection of Wisdom Treatise after Kumārajīva\u0027s translation."],"Influence":{"InfluencedBy":"Daoan, Kumārajīva, Prajnaparamita literature, Abhidharma study, Daoist and Confucian learning, early Chinese Buddhism, Amitabha devotion, and Mount Lu contemplative practice.","InfluenceOn":""},"Significance":["Accepted as a direct work-cluster because Chinese reference sources, bibliographic records, and scholarship identify Huiyuan\u0027s Dazhidu lun chao / yaolue and note that the full abridgment is lost or fragmentary.","The work remains relevant to Buddhist political philosophy, philosophy of religion, mind and personhood, karma, religious community, translation history, intercultural metaphysics, and the Chinese reception of Indian Buddhist categories."],"EvidenceNote":["Accepted as a direct work-cluster because Chinese reference sources, bibliographic records, and scholarship identify Huiyuan\u0027s Dazhidu lun chao / yaolue and note that the full abridgment is lost or fragmentary."],"MainSections":[{"Kind":"TextSection","Title":"Core Thesis","Paragraphs":["The work-cluster represents Huiyuan\u0027s abridgment and interpretive handling of the massive Great Perfection of Wisdom Treatise after Kumārajīva\u0027s translation."]},{"Kind":"FieldSection","Title":"Classification","Fields":[{"Label":"Alternate Titles","Value":"Dazhidu lun chao; Dazhidu lun yaolue; Extracts from the Mahāprajñāpāramitā Treatise; Extracts from the Great Perfection of Wisdom Treatise"},{"Label":"Key Concepts","Value":"Great Perfection of Wisdom Treatise; Dazhidu lun; Prajnaparamita; Kumārajīva; abridgment; interpretation; wisdom; emptiness"},{"Label":"Methodology","Value":"Direct work-cluster record based on reference entries, Chinese text surfaces, catalog records, and modern scholarship. Public Chinese text is evidence only and no full text is imported."},{"Label":"Structure","Value":"One work-cluster page with Chinese title, English title, date note where available, doctrinal focus, and source evidence. Surviving fragments, prefaces, correspondence layers, and later textual witnesses are documented but not split into full-text pages."}]},{"Kind":"TextSection","Title":"Arguments","Paragraphs":["The work-cluster represents Huiyuan\u0027s abridgment and interpretive handling of the massive Great Perfection of Wisdom Treatise after Kumārajīva\u0027s translation."]},{"Kind":"FieldSection","Title":"Influence","Fields":[{"Label":"Influenced By","Value":"Daoan, Kumārajīva, Prajnaparamita literature, Abhidharma study, Daoist and Confucian learning, early Chinese Buddhism, Amitabha devotion, and Mount Lu contemplative practice."},{"Label":"Influence On","Value":"Chinese Buddhist monastic autonomy, Pure Land devotional communities, Chinese Buddhist theories of karma and personhood, Mount Lu Buddhist scholarship, later Buddhist church-state argument, and East Asian receptions of the Tiger Brook and Lotus Society traditions."}]},{"Kind":"TextSection","Title":"Significance","Paragraphs":["Accepted as a direct work-cluster because Chinese reference sources, bibliographic records, and scholarship identify Huiyuan\u0027s Dazhidu lun chao / yaolue and note that the full abridgment is lost or fragmentary.","The work remains relevant to Buddhist political philosophy, philosophy of religion, mind and personhood, karma, religious community, translation history, intercultural metaphysics, and the Chinese reception of Indian Buddhist categories."]},{"Kind":"TextSection","Title":"Evidence Note","Paragraphs":["Accepted as a direct work-cluster because Chinese reference sources, bibliographic records, and scholarship identify Huiyuan\u0027s Dazhidu lun chao / yaolue and note that the full abridgment is lost or fragmentary."]}],"SectionSequence":["Back Link","Work Title","Deck","Author","Period","Era","Composition","Date Note","Region","Terra Avita","Terra Avita Region","Modern Country","Original Title","Language","Primary Discipline","Secondary Discipline","Tradition","Core Thesis","Classification","Arguments","Influence","Significance","Evidence Note"],"Counts":{"ContextCards":3,"GeoCards":4,"DisciplineCards":2,"Links":11,"Sections":23,"Styles":2,"Scripts":1}}