Kongō hannyakyō shoron san'yō 金剛般若經疏論纂要 [金剛般若経疏論纂要]

Variant title: Kongōkyō shoron san'yō 金剛經疏論纂要 [金剛経疏論纂要]. Author/compiler: Zongmi 宗密, Chinese monk, 780-841. Revised by Zixuan 子璿, d. 1030. Imprint: [Kyōtol, Tawara Nizaemonnojō, Kanbun 5, 1665. Kanki on fol. 30b of maki 下 reads: 寛文五乙巳年重陽吉旦 ／ 一條鶴屋町田原二左衛門尉梓行. Description: 2 kan, formerly in 2 satsu, now rebound in 1 vol. western style. (Maki 上) ff. 34; (maki 下) ff. 30. 27.8 x 18.5 cm. Fukurotoji. Blockprint. Printing frame 21.4 x 15.3 cm. Double-line borders all round. No fishtail design on hanshin. Kanbun text with printed okurigana and kaeriten. 10 lines to page, 19-20 characters to line. Original covers missing, but original printed title slip has been retained, pasted on outer endpaper preceding first page of maki 上. Gedai reads: 支那撰述 (tsunogaki in a roundel) 金剛經疏論纂要. Title from naidai at head of each maki. Hashiragaki: Shina senjutsu 支那撰述 kongōkyō shoron san'yō jō (ge) 金剛經疏論纂要上 (下) + folio no. + 農二 (三). In a western style half-cloth binding. Edition: The first and apparently only pre-modern edition of this work. The tsunogaki Shina senjutsu 支那撰述 at head of title on daisen of this work suggests that it was published as part of a series of commentaries on Chinese Buddhist works. Contents: Commentary by the Tang monk Zongmi 宗密 on the Kongō hannya haramitsukyō 金剛般若波羅蜜經 (Diamond Sutra, Skt. Vajracchedikā-prajñāpāramitā-sūtra), revised by the Song monk Zixuan 子璿. One of the six leading commentaries on this sutra, drawing on the work of other commentators.

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Purchased by the British Museum from Rev. Andrew Patton, Ballymena 7 April 1906.

Kenneth Gardner, Descriptive Catalogue of Japanese books in the British Library printed before 1700 (London and Tenri, 1993). B. Buddhist works 仏書 2. Basic mahayana scriptures 主要大乗経典

Bussho kaisetsu daijiten 仏書解説大辞典, vol. 3, p. 504.