Source: Nattier 2007b

Nattier, Jan. “Brief Communication: A Reassessment of the Dates and Translator Attributions of the Laonüren jing (老女人經) T559 and the Laomu jing (老母經) T561 .” ARIRIAB 10 (2007): 529-532.

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Texts: T0559; Mahālalikā-paripṛcchā-sūtra, Mahallikā-paripṛcchā-sūtra(?); 佛說老女人經 Titles: Mahālalikā-paripṛcchā-sūtra, Mahallikā-paripṛcchā-sūtra(?)	Traditionally ascribed to Zhi Qian, but T561, which is treated in the canon as an anonymous Liu Song trans., actually matches Zhi Qian much better in style. Edit		Traditionally ascribed to Zhi Qian, but T561, which is treated in the canon as an anonymous Liu Song trans., actually matches Zhi Qian much better in style. T0559; Mahalalika-pariprccha-sutra, Mahallika-pariprccha-sutra(?); 佛說老女人經
Texts: T0559; Mahālalikā-paripṛcchā-sūtra, Mahallikā-paripṛcchā-sūtra(?); 佛說老女人經 ; T0561; Mahālalikā-paripṛcchā-sūtra, Mahallikā-paripṛcchā-sūtra(?); 佛說老母經 Titles: Mahālalikā-paripṛcchā-sūtra, Mahallikā-paripṛcchā-sūtra(?) People: Zhi Qian 支謙 (translator 譯)	Actually matches Zhi Qian much better in style than T559, which is ascribed to him. Thus, T561 should be reascribed to Zhi Qian. See also Nattier (2008): 144-145. T561 is merely a "lightly revised version" of T559, which is older. Edit		Actually matches Zhi Qian much better in style than T559, which is ascribed to him. Thus, T561 should be reascribed to Zhi Qian. See also Nattier (2008): 144-145. T561 is merely a "lightly revised version" of T559, which is older. Zhi Qian 支謙 T0559; Mahalalika-pariprccha-sutra, Mahallika-pariprccha-sutra(?); 佛說老女人經 T0561; Mahalalika-pariprccha-sutra, Mahallika-pariprccha-sutra(?); 佛說老母經

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Texts: T0559; *Mahālalikā-paripṛcchā-sūtra, *Mahallikā-paripṛcchā-sūtra(?); 佛說老女人經
Titles: *Mahālalikā-paripṛcchā-sūtra, *Mahallikā-paripṛcchā-sūtra(?)

Traditionally ascribed to Zhi Qian, but T561, which is treated in the canon as an anonymous Liu Song trans., actually matches Zhi Qian much better in style.

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Texts: T0559; *Mahālalikā-paripṛcchā-sūtra, *Mahallikā-paripṛcchā-sūtra(?); 佛說老女人經 ; T0561; *Mahālalikā-paripṛcchā-sūtra, *Mahallikā-paripṛcchā-sūtra(?); 佛說老母經
Titles: *Mahālalikā-paripṛcchā-sūtra, *Mahallikā-paripṛcchā-sūtra(?)
People: Zhi Qian 支謙 (translator 譯)

Actually matches Zhi Qian much better in style than T559, which is ascribed to him. Thus, T561 should be reascribed to Zhi Qian. See also Nattier (2008): 144-145. T561 is merely a "lightly revised version" of T559, which is older.

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