Research Into Quoted Books In Shi Shi Yao Lan Compiled By Dao Cheng

Shi Shi Yao Lan(釋氏要覽) Compiled by Dao Cheng(道誠) was a dictionary ofclassificationg books to illustrate the words in sutras. This is another important book afterFa Yuan Zhu Lin(法苑珠林) Compiled by Dao Shi(道世), Shi Shi Liu Tie(釋氏六帖)Compiled byYi Chu(義楚), Da Song Seng Shi Lüe(大宋僧史略)Compiled by ZanNing(贊甯). The contents of the dictionary involves buddhism basic common sense.latergeneratios regard Fan Yi Ming Yi Ji(翻譯名義集) Compiled by Fa Yun(法雲), JiaoCheng Fa Shu(教乘法數) Compiled by Yuan Jing(圓瀞) and Shi Shi Yao Lan(釋氏要覽)as “buddhism three books”. It’s a required works for people who just becomes a monk.The dictionary has introduced the Buddhism system of things and their names, spirituallife and terms, it’s contents involves religions, philosophy, literature and thecommunication of culture. The most important thing is that this dictionary has quotedplenty of classics which had disappeared now. It has huge significance on the textualresearch and explication of the words. Therefore, it has become an essential corpus forvalidation, collation and addendum nowadays.The dictionary has quoted303kinds of classics,1339pieces of materials totally.The goals of quotation was mainly to explain the meaning of the words, comparing to themodern version, the contents are basically the same. However, in terms of characters, itcontains similarities and differences. The differences include Yiwen(異文), Jieyong(借用), Zhuanshi(轉釋), and Ewu(訛誤) ect. Zhuanshi(轉釋) contains Yiyin(意引), andTongyihuanshi(同義換釋) ect. Ewu(訛誤) contains error, missing, superabundance, andreverse order in the quoted characters ect.These materials have the great significance on the research of Shi Shi Yao Lan(釋氏要覽) and the quotation materials.Basic on Gaoli Collections, We have tidied up the research material and establishedcorpus with the research method of corpus linguistics, linguistics and philology.According to this corpus, we has concluded the total amount, kinds, representationmethod and form feature of the quotation books, revealed its value on linguistics, textualcriticism, and philology ect.