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Book/Printed Material Wei shi kai meng da wen : er juan 唯識開蒙問答 : 二卷 / / Wei shi kai meng / 唯識開蒙問答 : 二卷

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Title

  • Wei shi kai meng da wen : er juan

Other Title

  • 唯識開蒙問答 : 二卷 /
  • Wei shi kai meng
  • 唯識開蒙問答 : 二卷

Summary

  • Questions and answers intended to inspire the study of Buddhism; author Yunfeng was a monk in Yitai Temple.
  • The term wei shi (literally, consciousness-only), is a tenet of Yogacara, an influential school of Buddhist philosophy and psychology, which flourished within Indian Mahayana Buddhism around the fourth century. It affirms that there is an infinite number of ideas and signals the importance of knowledge as the object of consciousness, in contrast to the more practical realism of the Madhyamika school of Mahayana. Wei shi stresses human intelligence in determining the sense of things and analyzes the main factors in the process of understanding and awareness, as seen through meditative and yogic practices. The central discourse of Yogacara is that there is nothing that human beings experience that is not mediated by the mind. Yunfeng, a monk at the Yitai Temple during the Yuan dynasty (1271-1368), first wrote on the subject. This printed work, based on Yunfeng's Wei shi kai meng wen da (Primer of consciousness-only Yogacara), was issued during the reign of the last Ming emperor, Chongzhen (1628-44). It was compiled by another Buddhist disciple, Dahui (1564-1636) of Wulin, and edited by Min Mengde (1565-1628), a literary writer and high official. It is written in a question-and-answer format, with no prefaces or postscripts. Juan 1 consists of 78 questions and answers and Juan 2 of 68, expounding the theories of wei shi. The discussions also compare the different philosophies of Buddhism, Daoism and Confucianism. The book is marked with red-ink punctuation. World Digital Library.

Names

  • Yunfeng, active 1260-1368, ji
  • Zonggao, 1089-1163, ding
  • Chinese Rare Book Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • [China : Wuxing Min shi ke, Ming Chongzhen jian, between 1628 and 1644]

Headings

  • -  Zi bu--Shi jia lei
  • -  子部--釋家類

Notes

  • -  In case.
  • -  Title from caption.
  • -  Also available in digital form.
  • -  Gift W.W. Rockhill.
  • -  四周雙欄 雙黑魚尾 9行 19字 版匡高 21.2寬 13.8 cm 全書高 27.2寬 17.2 cm.
  • -  舊題:「元宣授懷益路義臺寺住持宗法圓明通濟雲峰集，明武林蓮居弟子大惠訂，吳興瓶城居士閔夢得校。」按雲峰為義臺寺之僧，其書取問答體裁，闡發佛理，凡考禪宗微義者，可指掌瞭然也.

Medium

  • 2 v.

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2012402201

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Chicago citation style:

Yunfeng, Active , Ji, Zonggao, and Chinese Rare Book Collection. Wei Shi Kai Meng Da Wen: Er Juan. [China: wuxing min shi ke, ming chongzhen jian, between 1628 and 1644, 1628] Image. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2012402201/.

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Yunfeng, A., Zonggao, . & Chinese Rare Book Collection. (1628) Wei Shi Kai Meng Da Wen: Er Juan. [China: wuxing min shi ke, ming chongzhen jian, between 1628 and 1644] [Image] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2012402201/.

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Yunfeng, Active , Ji, Zonggao, and Chinese Rare Book Collection. Wei Shi Kai Meng Da Wen: Er Juan. [China: wuxing min shi ke, ming chongzhen jian, between 1628 and 1644, 1628] Image. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2012402201/>.