Kaibao Canon
The Kaibao Canon (開寶藏), also known as the Shu edition (蜀版), since it was printed in Sichuan, and sometimes known as the Northern Song canon (北宋刊経) was a woodblock printed collection of Buddhist texts produced in the Northern Song dynasty.[1]
It was the first printed edition of a Chinese Buddhist canon, and effectively closed the canon.[2]
It was begun in 971[2] and completed in 983.[2][3]
References
- ^ Wu, Jiang; Chia, Lucille; Chen, Zhichao (2016). "The Birth of the First Printed Canon: the Kaibao Edition and its Impact". In Wu, Jiang; Chia, Lucille (eds.). Spreading Buddha's Word in East Asia: the Formation and Transformation of the Chinese Buddhist Canon. New York: Columbia University Press. pp. 145–180.
- ^ a b c Karen C. Lang (2010; first edition 2007). "Non-canonical and apocryphal literature" in Damien Keown and Charles S. Prebish (eds.) Encyclopedia of Buddhism. New York: Routledge.
- ^ Hubbard, Jamie (1991). "A Report on Newly Discovered Buddhist Texts at Nanatsu-dera". Japanese Journal of Religious Studies. 18 (4). Nanzan Institute for Religion and Culture (Nanzan University): 402. Retrieved February 15, 2016.
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