Journal of East Asian Cultures

Vol. 11 No. 2019/2 (2020)
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An Early Chinese Translation of the Dhammacakkappavattana-sutta (T02n0109)

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  • Gábor Kósa
Gábor Kósa
MTA–ELTE–SZTE
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.38144/TKT.2019.2.1

Published 2020-10-30

Keywords

  • Dhammacakkappavattana-sutta,
  • Chinese Buddhism,
  • An Shigao,
  • Kang Mengxiang,
  • the wheel of Dhamma

How to Cite

Kósa, G. (2020). An Early Chinese Translation of the Dhammacakkappavattana-sutta (T02n0109). Journal of East Asian Cultures, 11(2019/2), 1–30. https://doi.org/10.38144/TKT.2019.2.1

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Abstract

In this paper I offer the Hungarian translation and commentary of a rather early Chinese translation of the Dhammacakkappavattana-sutta (‘Setting the Wheel of Dhamma in Motion’), one of the most important Buddhist suttas recounting the first sermon of the historical Buddha. This Chinese translation (T02n109: Fo shuo zhuan falun jing 佛說轉法輪經), slightly neglected in previous research, is traditionally attributed to An Shigao 安世高 (2nd c. AD), but I argue that, based on the terminological similarities between this scripture and the Zhong benqi jing 中本起經 (T196), Kang Mengxiang 康孟詳 (ca. 200 AD) would be a more plausible candidate for the authorship.

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