Further Anthology of the Propagation of Light
Further Anthology of the Propagation of Light, The
広弘明集 (Chin Kuang-hung-ming-chi; Jpn Ko-gumyo-shu )
A collection of essays on Buddhism and other documents compiled in 664 by Tao-hsüan, a priest of the Precepts school (Ly) in China, some of which are found only in this work. This thirty-volume work contains essays, biographies, letters, epitaphs, or literary writings that were written from the third through the seventh century and were considered useful in protecting Buddhism against attacks from Taoists and Confucianists. Along with The Anthology of the Propagation of Light, a collection of essays on Buddhism compiled by Seng-yu (445-518), this work is considered invaluable in the study of Chinese Buddhism and the contact between Buddhism and the teachings of Taoism and Confucianism.
