Text: T2887; Fumu en zhong jing 父母恩重經

Summary

Identifier	T2887 [Guang Xing 2008]
Title	Fumu en zhong jing 父母恩重經 [Guang Xing 2008]
Date	[None]

Assertions

Preferred?	Source	Pertains to	Argument	Details
No	[Buswell 1990b] Buswell, Robert. "Introduction: Prolegomenon to the Study of Buddhist Apocryphal Scriptures." In Buswell 1990, 1-30. — 19	T2887; Fumu en zhong jing 父母恩重經	Buswell notes that the Fumu enzhong jing 父母恩重經 T2887 is apocryphal. He adds that the text served as the basis for a series of bianwen 變文 which focused on “filial piety.” Entry author: Sophie Florence Edit
No	[Guang Xing 2008] Guang Xing. “A Study of the Apocryphal Sūtra: Fumu Enzhong Jing.” International Journal of Buddhist Thought & Culture 11 (2008): 105-146.	T2887; Fumu en zhong jing 父母恩重經	Guang regards the 父母恩重經 T2887 as apocryphal (though he regards the 父母恩難報經 T684 as genuine). He notes that the first mention of the text is found in Mingquan's DZKZM (佛說父母恩重經一卷, T2153:55.474a15) in his list of apocrypha 偽經目錄. Zhisheng (KYL) concurred, and said that the text should be considered apocryphal because it mentions Chinese paragons of filial piety (父母恩重經一卷(經引丁蘭董黯郭巨等故知人造三紙), T2154:55.673a7). According to Guang, this judgement has been followed by almost all traditional and modern scholars. The version of the text found in the Taishō was edited upon the basis of British Library S.2048 and the Fusetsu Nakamura Collection manuscript S.190. Zongmi 宗密 (780-841) cites the text at length, and Guang compares his quotations with the extant text to show that they correspond quite closely; thus, Guang argues, the text must date before Zongmi. Guang reprises studies by Ogawa, who identified sources of T2887 in the 大乘本生心地觀經 T159, the 淨土五會念佛略法事儀讚 T1983, and even the Shi jing 詩經. Guang, however, argues that T2887 is "not entirely a Chinese creation, but a revised and modified version of the authentic [T684] and later enlarged with many additions". He speculates about the motives for which the scripture might have been created, and identifies other sources in the 盂蘭盆經 T685, the Mahāparinirvāṇa-mahāsūtra 大般涅槃經 T374, and the *Antarābhava-sūtra 中陰經 T385. On this basis, he disputes Ogawa's claim that the text owes anything to the Shi jing. [Guang's foil here is Ogawa (1984).] Entry author: Michael Radich Edit	Title: Fumu en zhong jing 父母恩重經 Identifier: T2887

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Source

Pertains to

Argument

Details

[Buswell 1990b] Buswell, Robert. "Introduction: Prolegomenon to the Study of Buddhist Apocryphal Scriptures." In Buswell 1990, 1-30. — 19

T2887; Fumu en zhong jing 父母恩重經

Buswell notes that the Fumu enzhong jing 父母恩重經 T2887 is apocryphal. He adds that the text served as the basis for a series of bianwen 變文 which focused on “filial piety.”

Entry author: Sophie Florence

Edit

[Guang Xing 2008] Guang Xing. “A Study of the Apocryphal Sūtra: Fumu Enzhong Jing.” International Journal of Buddhist Thought & Culture 11 (2008): 105-146.

T2887; Fumu en zhong jing 父母恩重經

Guang regards the 父母恩重經 T2887 as apocryphal (though he regards the 父母恩難報經 T684 as genuine). He notes that the first mention of the text is found in Mingquan's DZKZM (佛說父母恩重經一卷, T2153:55.474a15) in his list of apocrypha 偽經目錄. Zhisheng (KYL) concurred, and said that the text should be considered apocryphal because it mentions Chinese paragons of filial piety (父母恩重經一卷(經引丁蘭董黯郭巨等故知人造三紙), T2154:55.673a7). According to Guang, this judgement has been followed by almost all traditional and modern scholars. The version of the text found in the Taishō was edited upon the basis of British Library S.2048 and the Fusetsu Nakamura Collection manuscript S.190. Zongmi 宗密 (780-841) cites the text at length, and Guang compares his quotations with the extant text to show that they correspond quite closely; thus, Guang argues, the text must date before Zongmi.

Guang reprises studies by Ogawa, who identified sources of T2887 in the 大乘本生心地觀經 T159, the 淨土五會念佛略法事儀讚 T1983, and even the Shi jing 詩經. Guang, however, argues that T2887 is "not entirely a Chinese creation, but a revised and modified version of the authentic [T684] and later enlarged with many additions". He speculates about the motives for which the scripture might have been created, and identifies other sources in the 盂蘭盆經 T685, the Mahāparinirvāṇa-mahāsūtra 大般涅槃經 T374, and the *Antarābhava-sūtra 中陰經 T385. On this basis, he disputes Ogawa's claim that the text owes anything to the Shi jing. [Guang's foil here is Ogawa (1984).]

Entry author: Michael Radich

Edit

Title: Fumu en zhong jing 父母恩重經
Identifier: T2887