CHINESE CHARACTER GLOSSARY OF NAMES, TERMS, AND TITLES

Abhidharma

administrator

Amita Buddha

Amitābha Buddha

Amitāyus Buddha

An-ting

ārya

Bamboo Garden Convent

Bamboo Grove Convent

Bare Plank Mountain

Beckoning Clarity Convent

Bibliography in the History of the Han Dynasty

Black River

Bodhi Convent

Bodhisattva Kuan-shih-yin Scripture

Brightness of Ch'i Convent in Ch'ien-t'ang

Buddhayashas

Built-by-the-Multitude Convent

Bukkyō-daijiten

Capital Office Convent

Cassia Park

Ch'ang-an

Chang Chün

Chang, Empress

Chang Mao

Chang Pien

Ch'ang-shan

Chang Tai

Chang Yüan of Wu Commandery

Chao Chen

Chao Ch'u-ssu or Chao Ch'ien-en

Chao Commandery

Chao-kuo Chün-jen

Ch'ao Pien

Ch'ao-t'ing

Chaturdesha Monastery

Ch'en Commandery

Ch'en Fa-ch'ung

Ch'en Liu

Cheng fa hua ching

Ch'eng shih lun

Ch'eng-tu

Chi Commandery

Chi-nan

Chi Province.

Chi shen chou san pao kan t'ung lu

Chiang-hsia prince, I-kung

Chiang-ling

Chiang, Madame

Ch'iao Commandery

Chieh-jen

chieh-mo

Chieh yin yüan ching

ch'ien

Chien-k'ang

Ch'ien-t'ang

Chien-wen, emperor of Ch'i

Chih-ch'ien

Chih-shan

Chih-sheng

Chih-yüeh

Chin-ling

Chin-ling

Chin nan ching ssu chi

Chin shu

Ching-ai

Ching and Ch'u

Ching and Sha

Ching-ch'eng

Ch'ing-ho

ching hsing

Ching-lien

Ching lü i hsiang

Ch'ing pin-t'ou-lo fa

Ch'ing Province

Ching Province

ching-sheh

ch'ing-shui

Ching-tu

Ching-yao

Ch'iu Wen-chiang

Chou Sheh

Chou shu i chi

Chou Yung of Ju-nan

Ch'ü An-yüan

Ch'u, Empress

Chü-jung County

Chu-ko Village Convent in Liang Commandery

Chu, Lady

Chü-lu

Chu Fa-hu

Chu Fo-nien

Chu Fo-t'u-teng

Ch'u san-tsang chi chi

Chu Shih-hsing

Chu tzu chi ch'eng

Chu wei-mo-chieh ching

Chuan Hung-jen

Chuang Tzu

Chūgoku-bukkyō-tsūshi

Chung ching mu lu

Chung-hsing Village

Chung-kuo ku chin ti ming ta tz'u tien

Classic of History

Collected Goodness Convent

Collected Notes on the Translation of the Buddhist Scriptures into Chinese

Collected Records of the Responses to the Three Treasures in China

commander of the garrison

commandery administrator

Commentary to the Vimalakīrti Scripture

Complete Collection of Books and Records Ancient and Modern

Condensed T'ang K'ai-yüan Reign Period Catalogue of Buddhist Writings

Cowherd Convent

Crown Prince's grand secretariat of the right

Dharma

Dharmaguptaka Nuns' Monastic Rules

Dharmaguptaka vinaya

Dharmaraksha

Dictionary of Chinese Place Names Ancient and Modern

director of conventual affairs in the capital

Disciples' Vehicle

Discourse on Abhidharma

Discourse on the Completion of Reality

Eastern Convent of Lo-yang

Eastern Green Garden Convent

Ekottarāgama

Eminent Dais Monastery

Eminent Monks

Empress Dowager Convent

Empress Ho Convent

Establishing Blessings Convent

Establishing Peace Convent

Establishing Splendor Convent

Eternal Peace Convent

Eternal Quietude Convent in Shu Commandery

Exalted Sanctity Convent

Expanding Nation Convent of Nan-p'i

Extended Collection Making Known the Illustrious

fa (dharma)

Fa-ch'eng

Fa-chi

Fa-chin

Fa-ching

Fa-hu

Fa-hui

Fa-lin

Fa-shih

Fa-shih

Fa-ts'ai

Fa-tsang

Fa-yen

Fa-yin

Fa-ying

Fa-yü

Fa-yu

Fa-yüan

Fa yüan chu lin

Falling Star Mountain

Fan County

Fan-hsien or Fan-K'ao

Fang kuang ching

Field of Blessings Convent

Five Gates of Meditation Scripture

Flower Garland Convent

Flower Garland Scripture

Flower Grove Convent

Flower of the Law Scripture

Fo-t'o-yeh-sheh

Fo tsu t'ung chi

Fo-t'u-teng

Forest of Pearls in the Garden of the Law

Former Ch'in dynasty

Foundation for Meditation Convent

Founding of Wisdom Convent

Fu Chien (nephew)

Fu Chien (uncle)

Fu-liu County

Fuh clan

Further Lives of Eminent Monks

general of the cavalry

Gold Flower Monastery

governor

grand secretariat of the right

grand tutor, Tao-tzu, prince of Kuei-chi

Grass Hall Monastery

Great Final Nirvāna Scripture

Great Mysterious Terrace Convent

Great Perfection of Wisdom Treatise

Great Storehouse of Scripture

Great Sung Dynasty Compact History of the Buddhist Assemblies

Great Vehicle

Green Garden Convent

Grove of Concentration Monastery

Grove of the Way Monastery

Gunavarman

hai and mu

Han dynasty

Han fa pen nei chuan

Han shu

Han shu i wen chih

Han wei liang-chin nan-pei ch'ao fo chiao shih

Hedge Garden Monastery

Hidden Account of the Origin of the [Buddhist] Law in the Han Dynasty

Hirakawa, Akira

History of the Chin Dynasty

History of the Latter Han Dynasty

History of the Southern Ch'i Dynasty

History of the Southern Dynasties

History of the Sung Dynasty

History of the Wei Dynasty

Ho Ch'ung

Ho-nei

Holy Monk (Pindola)

Hou han shu

Hsi-p'ing

Hsiang-kuo

Hsiao Chao-chou, Ch'i dynasty prince of Pa-ling

Hsiao Ch'eng-chih

Hsiao I, the Ch'i grand general of the army and grand marshal, the prince of Yü-chang

Hsiao p'in pan-jo-po-lo-mi ching

Hsiao Tzu-liang, the Ch'i prince of Ching-ling, Wen Hsüan

Hsiao-wu, emperor of Chin

Hsiao-wu, emperor of Sung

[Hsiao] Yüan-chien, prince of Heng-yang of Liang

Hsieh Chih

Hsiu-wu in Chi Commandery

Hsü Ch'ung

Hsü kao seng chuan

Hsüan-ch'ang

Hsüan-ch'ü

Hsüan-wu, prince of Liang

Hsüan yen chi

Hsün-yang Commandery

Hua hu ching

Hua-kuang

Hua yen

Hua yen ching

Huai-nan

Huai Seng-chen

Huan Hsüan

Huang-fu Ta

Huang Hsiu-i

Hui-ch'ao

Hui-chi

Hui-chi

Hui-chih

Hui-ch'ih

Hui-hsi

Hui-hsing

Hui-kao

Hui-li

Hui-ling

Hui-ming

Hui-su

Hui-ts'ung

Hui-tzu

Hui-yin or Ssu-yin

Hui-yin

Hui-yüan

Hung-nung

I Chou

I-k'ang, grand general of the army, [prince of P'eng-ch'eng] of Sung

I Li

Imperial Encyclopedia, or Complete Collection of Books and Records Ancient and Modern

Increasing Joy Convent

Infinite Life Scripture

Jeta Grove Convent

Jōdokyō-shiryō to shite no Meisōden-shijishō Meisōden-yōbunshō narabi ni Miroku-nyōrai kannōshō dai-yon shoin no Meisōden ni tsuite

Joyful Peace Convent

ju-lai (thus come)

K'ai-yüan shih chiao lu

K'ai-yüan shih chiao lu lüeh ch'u

Kālayashas

K'ang, emperor of Chin

Kao seng chuan

Kao-ch'ang

Kao-p'ing

Kasuga Reichi

Keng ch'u hsiao p'in

Kingdom Convent

Ku chin t'u shu chi cheng

Ku hsiao-shuo kou ch'en

Ku-su Mountain

Kuan-shih-yin Scripture

Kuang-ching

Kuang hung ming chi

Kuang-ling

Kuang, nun

Kuang Province

Kuang tsan ching

Kuei-chi

Kumārajīva

K'ung Hsi-hsien

K'ung Mo or K'ung Mo-chien

Kuo Hsia

Lan-ling

Lao-tzu

Lao-tzu tao teh ching

Larger Perfection of Wisdom Scripture

Latter Chao

Le lie-sien tchouan

Li chi

Li tai san pao chi

Li-yang

Liang Ch'ou

Liang Commandery

Liang shu

Liang Ts'an-chih

Lieh nü chuan

Lin-ch'uan, prince of

Ling-hui

Ling-nan

Ling-yin Mountain

Lion's Roar of Queen Shrīmālā

Liu Chün

Liu Hsiang

Liu I-ch'ing, prince of Lin-ch'uan

Liu Liang

Lives of Eminent Monks

Lives of Famous Monks

Lives of Illustrious Women

Lo-yang or

Lo-yang ch'ieh-lan chi

Lotus Flower of the Wonderful Law

Lou-fan in Yen-men

Lu An-hsün

lü and ying

Lu Hsün

Luminous Blessings Convent

Lun yü cheng i

Lung-ch'uan County

Ma, Mr.

Mahāprajāpatī Scripture

Mahāsānghika Rites and Rules Book

Maitreya

marquis of Tu-hsiang

Meditation Grove Convent

Meditation of visualizing the Buddha in one's presence

Meisōden-shō

Meng Ford

Meng I

Meng-tzu cheng i

Method for lnviting Pindola

Mi-sha-se pu ho hsi wu fen lü

Miao fa lienhua ching

Ming, emperor of Chin

Ming, emperor of Sung

Ming hsiang chi

Ming seng chuan

Ming seng chuan ch'ao

minister of public works

Mo-ha-seng-shih pi-ch'iu-ni chieh pen

Mo-ho pan-jo po-lo-mi ching

Mo-ling (another name for Chien-k'ang)

Mochizuki Shinkō

Mother of Monasticism Scripture (of the Saravāstivāda sect)

Mu, emperor of Chin

Mud Mountain

Nan-ch'ang princess of Sung

Nan ch'i shu

Nan shih

Nan-t'i

Nan-yang

Nan-yen

New Grove Convent

Nirvāna Scripture (see Great Final Nirvāna Scripture)

North Chang Monastery

North Peak Convent

Northern and southern dynasties

Northern Everlasting Peace Convent

Origin of Monastic Rules Scripture

Ou, master of the law

Pai, nun

Pan chou (san-mei) ching

P'an-yü

Pao-ch'ang

Pao-liang

Pao-ying

Pao-ying

Pao-yung

Peak Mountain Convent

Pei-ti

P'eng-ch'eng

P'eng-ch'eng Monastery

Pi-ch'iu-ni chuan

P'i-ling

Pi-nai-yeh (Vinaya)

P'i-ni mu ching

p'i-t'an

Pindola

P'o-hai

P'o-kang Canal

Po-p'ing

Pottery Office Monastery

Practice of Constant Meditation Scripture

provincial magistrate

P'u men p'in

P'u-hsien (Samantabhadra)

P'u-lien

pu shu chih jen

P'u-yao

Pure Talk

Records of Monasteries and Convents in Lo-yang

Records of Mysterious Omens

Records of the Strange in the Book of Chou

rector of the assembly

rector of the assembly in the capital

Reflecting Brightness Convent

Ritsuzō-no-kenkyū

Rituals for Entering Monastic Life

Rituals for Entering the Monastic Life of the Dharmaguptaka Sect

Samādhi

Sangha

Sanghavarman

Sarvāstivāda Monastic Rules in Ten Recitations

Scripture on the Conversion of the Barbarians

Scripture on the Origins of Monastic Rules

Selections from the Lives of Famous Monks

Seng-chao

Seng-ch'ao

Seng-chien

Seng-chih

Seng-hua

Seng-lü

Seng-lu

Seng-mao

Seng-pien

Seng-shen

Seng-tsung

Seng-yao

Seng-yüan

Seng-yüan

Seven Tallies in a Cloud Satchel

Shan region

Shan-yin County

Shantung

Shan-yang

Shao-ling, prince of Sung

Shen Yu-chih

Shen Yüeh of Wu-hsing County, vice president of the department of the imperial grand secretariat

Sheng-man shih-tzu hou i sheng ta fang pien fang kuang ching

Shih-chia-mo-ni

Shih Hu, Emperor

Shih Lo, Emperor

Shih Pao-ch'ang

Shih sung lü

Shih sung pi-ch'iu po-lo-t'i-mu-ch'a chieh pen

Shih ti ching

Shou-leng-yen san-mei ching

Shrīmālā-devī-simhanāda-sūtra

Shu Ching

Shu Commandery

Shūgaku Kenkyū

Shūrangama Scripture

sifted and weeded

Simple Tranquility Convent

Site of the Way Monastery

Six Prohibitions Monastery

Small Vehicle

Smaller Perfection of Wisdom Scripture

Solitude Convent of Liang

Southern Chin-ling Convent

southern Ch'u

Southern Establishing Joy Convent

Southern Eternal Peace Convent

Southern Grove Monastery

Southern Peace Convent

Spiritual Root Monastery

Splendidly Adorned Monastery

Ssu fen pi-ch'iu-ni chieh-mo fa

Ssu fen pi-ch'iu-ni chieh pen

Ssu Province

Ssu-li Province

Ssu-ma Lung

Ssu-River

Stone Top Hill

Study of Ancient Fiction

Sun Yü

Sung Dynasty Biographies of Eminent Monks

Sung kao seng chuan

Sung shu

swallowing the breath

Ta-ai-tao pi-ch'iu-ni ching

Ta chih tu lun

Ta pan nieh-p'an ching

Ta-po or T'ai-mo

Ta-shih-chih (Mahāsthāmaprāpta)

Ta sung seng shih lüeh

Ta tsang ching

T'ai-p'ing yü lan

T'ai shan

T'ai-shan nan-ch'eng

Taishō-shinshū-daizōkyō

T'an-cheng

T'an-chih

T'an-jui

T'an-lan

T'an-lo

T'an-mo-chieh-to

T'an-pin

T'an-tsung

Tan-yang

T'an-yin

T'ang K'ai-yüan Reign Period Catalogue of Buddhist Writings

T'ang Seng-chih

tao

Tao-an

Tao-ch'ang

Tao-chao

Tao-hsüan

Tao-lien, Ching prince of Ch'ang-sha of Sung

Tao-shih

Tao teh ching

Taoist master of pure water

Te-sheng

Ten-Stages Scripture

Tessara

Thorough Record of the Buddha's Lineage

Three-Story Convent of Chiang-ling

Ti Mountain Convent or

T'ien Hung-liang

Ting-yin neighborhood

Tsang, Madame

Ts'en Shuai

Tseng-ch'eng in Tung-kuan

Tseng i a-han ching

Tsukamoto Zenryū

Tu and Sheng mountains

T'u-lu-fan County (Turfan)

Tu Pa

Tun-huang

Tung-ch'ien

Tung-hsiang in Shan-yang

Tung-huan

T'ung-kung Lane

Tushita Heaven

Undersecretary of the provincial forces

Undersecretary of the Yellow Gate

Universal Gate chapter

Universal Wisdom Convent

Upper Grove of Concentration Monastery

Venerating Seclusion Convent

Vimalakīrti's Preaching Scripture

Vinaya

Voice of the Teaching Convent

Wang Ch'en

Wang Kung

Wang Lun of Lang-yeh, palace attendant

Wang, Madame, mother of the eldest son (Lang) of the prince of Chiang-hsia

Wang P'u-yang

Wang Tao-chi

Wei Lang

Wei-mo-chieh ching

Wei-mo-chieh so shuo ching

Wei Shou

Wei shu

Wen, emperor of Sung

Wen-hsüan, minister of education, the prince of Ching-ling of Ch'i

Wen-hui, heir apparent of Ch'i

West Convent of Ssu Province

Western Green Garden Convent

Western Paradise

White Mountain

Wonderful Appearance Convent

Wu Commandery

Wu County South Convent

Wu, emperor of Liang

Wu-hsing Commandery

Wu liang shou ching

Wu men ch'an ching yao yung fa

Wu-shih in An-ting

Wu-wei Commandery

Yang Ling-pien

Yang Mi

Yangtze River

Yao, master of the law

Yeh

Yellow Emperor and Lao-tzu

Yellow River

Yen

Yen-kuan County

Yen-men

Yin Chung-k'an

yin-yuan

Yü Cave

Yü-chang

Yü-hang

Yü, Lang-yeh prince, governor of Yang Province

Yü Province

Yü P'u

Yü-yung of Ying-ch'uan

Yüan Chien

Yüan, Empress

Yüeh-chih

Yüeh, kingdom of

Yüeh Ts'un

Yün chi ch'i ch'ien

Yung-shih

Zoku-zōkyō