1.Previous
3.Next

Tibetan translation is estimated to have been made in the late eighth or early ninth century, indicating that the original Chinese text was written at some point before that.

Tanlin's preface has also been preserved in Jingjue's (683-750) Lengjie Shizi ji "Chronicle of the Lankavatara Masters", which dates from 713 to 716./ca. 715 He writes,

"Further Biographies of Eminent Monks"

In the 7th-century historical work "Further Biographies of Eminent Monks" (???? Xù gaoseng zhuàn), Daoxuan

1.Previous
3.Next