Philological Study of Ŭijŏk and Ŭiil's Pŏphwa kyŏngnon sulgi (3)

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  • 義寂釈義一撰『法華経論述記』の文献学的研究（3）
  • ギジャクシャクギ イチセン 『 ホケキョウ ロンジュツキ 』 ノ ブンケンガクテキ ケンキュウ(3)

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The Pŏphwa kyŏngnon sulgi 法華経論述記 (Sulgi）is a commentary on the Miaofa lianhua jing youbotishe 妙法蓮華経優婆提舎, supposed to have been written before 753 CE. Unfortunately, since only the beginning parts of the first and the second chapters of this text have come down to us, little attention has been given to it. The present paper aims at a textual analysis of the Sulgi. Although it has been pointed out that a folding book of the Sulgi is preserved in the Kyoto University Library, the existence of another version of the Sulgi remains unknown to scholars. I have revealed that there is a extant rolled scroll (巻子本) of the Sulgi in the Shōgozō 聖語蔵 of the Shōsōin 正倉院. The text of the Sulgi is ascribed to two Buddhist monks: the first half of the text to a Silla monk named Ŭijŏk 義寂, the latter half of the text to a monk named Ŭiil 義一. Previous studies, nonetheless, without taking this fact into account, have ascribed the Sulgi to Ŭijŏk. In the present paper, focusing on the text ascribed to Ŭijŏk, I have considered the textual features of the Sulgi. It is well-known that the Sulgi was written under the influence of the Fahua lunshu 法華論疏 of Jizang 吉蔵 (549-623 CE) and the Miaofa lianhua jing xuanzan 妙法蓮華経玄賛 of Ji 基 (632-684 CE). A closer scrutiny of the text of the Sulgi, makes it clear that Ŭijŏk was also conversant with the theory expounded in the Miaofa lianhua jing zuanshu 妙法蓮華経纘述 (Zuanshu) of Huijing 慧浄 (578-645? CE). From this perspective, giving severalinstances, I show that the Sulgi was written on the basis of the Zuanshu.

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