Chinese Buddhist Canon
E281267
The Chinese Buddhist Canon is the comprehensive collection of Buddhist scriptures translated into Chinese over many centuries, encompassing sutras, vinaya texts, and commentaries that shaped East Asian Buddhism.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Chinese Buddhist Canon canonical | 6 |
| Chinese Buddhist Tripiṭaka | 1 |
| Chinese Buddhist canon | 1 |
| Chinese Tripiṭaka | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2609874 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Chinese Buddhist Canon Context triple: [Tripitaka, preservedIn, Chinese Buddhist Canon]
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A.
Tripitaka
Tripitaka is the traditional Buddhist canon, comprising three collections of teachings that form the foundational scriptures of the Buddhist religion.
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B.
Mahayana sutras
The Mahayana sutras are a broad collection of later Buddhist scriptures that present the philosophical foundations, cosmology, and bodhisattva-centered ideals of Mahayana Buddhism.
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C.
Tibetan Kangyur
The Tibetan Kangyur is the canonical collection of Tibetan Buddhist scriptures containing the translated words of the Buddha, including sutras, tantras, and monastic rules.
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D.
Āgamas
Āgamas are early Buddhist scriptural collections preserving discourses attributed to the historical Buddha, closely paralleling the Pali Nikāyas in content and structure.
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E.
Daozang
Daozang is the vast canonical collection of Taoist scriptures, rituals, and commentaries compiled over centuries as the primary literary foundation of Taoist religious and philosophical tradition.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Chinese Buddhist Canon Target entity description: The Chinese Buddhist Canon is the comprehensive collection of Buddhist scriptures translated into Chinese over many centuries, encompassing sutras, vinaya texts, and commentaries that shaped East Asian Buddhism.
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A.
Tripitaka
Tripitaka is the traditional Buddhist canon, comprising three collections of teachings that form the foundational scriptures of the Buddhist religion.
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B.
Mahayana sutras
The Mahayana sutras are a broad collection of later Buddhist scriptures that present the philosophical foundations, cosmology, and bodhisattva-centered ideals of Mahayana Buddhism.
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C.
Tibetan Kangyur
The Tibetan Kangyur is the canonical collection of Tibetan Buddhist scriptures containing the translated words of the Buddha, including sutras, tantras, and monastic rules.
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D.
Āgamas
Āgamas are early Buddhist scriptural collections preserving discourses attributed to the historical Buddha, closely paralleling the Pali Nikāyas in content and structure.
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E.
Daozang
Daozang is the vast canonical collection of Taoist scriptures, rituals, and commentaries compiled over centuries as the primary literary foundation of Taoist religious and philosophical tradition.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (68)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Buddhist canon
ⓘ
religious text collection ⓘ scriptural corpus ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Chinese Buddhist Canon
ⓘ
surface form:
Chinese Buddhist Tripiṭaka
Chinese Buddhist Canon ⓘ
surface form:
Chinese Tripiṭaka
Tripitaka ⓘ
surface form:
Dàzàngjīng
|
| basedOn |
Central Asian Buddhist texts
ⓘ
Indian Buddhist texts ⓘ translations from Gandhari ⓘ translations from Pali (indirectly) ⓘ translations from Prakrits ⓘ translations from Sanskrit ⓘ |
| compiledIn | China ⓘ |
| contains |
Abhidhamma Pitaka
ⓘ
surface form:
Abhidharma Piṭaka
Sutta Pitaka ⓘ
surface form:
Sūtra Piṭaka
Tripiṭaka structure ⓘ Vinaya Pitaka ⓘ
surface form:
Vinaya Piṭaka
|
| developedFrom | early Chinese Buddhist translations ⓘ |
| feature |
includes both translated and indigenous Chinese compositions
ⓘ
includes commentarial literature ⓘ includes doctrinal treatises ⓘ includes liturgical and ritual manuals ⓘ organized into numbered fascicles in many editions ⓘ preserves many Indian texts lost in original languages ⓘ |
| function | scriptural authority for East Asian Buddhism ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Chinese Buddhist treatises
ⓘ
Mahayana sutras ⓘ
surface form:
Mahāyāna sūtras
Tantric texts ⓘ abhidharma texts ⓘ apocryphal scriptures ⓘ commentaries ⓘ ritual texts ⓘ sutras ⓘ vinaya texts ⓘ Āgama collections ⓘ |
| influenced |
Chan Buddhism
ⓘ
surface form:
Chan (Zen) Buddhism
Chinese Buddhism ⓘ Esoteric Buddhism in East Asia ⓘ Huayan / Kegon ⓘ
surface form:
Huayan school
Japanese Buddhism ⓘ Korean Buddhism ⓘ Pure Land Buddhism ⓘ Tiantai school ⓘ Vietnamese Buddhism ⓘ |
| language |
Classical Chinese
ⓘ
Literary Chinese ⓘ |
| majorEdition |
Jiajing Canon
ⓘ
Kaibao ⓘ
surface form:
Kaibao Canon
Tripitaka Koreana ⓘ
surface form:
Koryŏ Canon
Qianlong Canon ⓘ Qisha Canon ⓘ Taishō Shinshū Daizōkyō ⓘ Yongle Northern Canon ⓘ Yongle Southern Canon ⓘ |
| region | East Asia ⓘ |
| religion | Buddhism ⓘ |
| script | Chinese characters ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
Han dynasty
ⓘ
Ming dynasty ⓘ Qing dynasty ⓘ Six Dynasties ⓘ
surface form:
Six Dynasties period
Song dynasty ⓘ Tang dynasty ⓘ Yuan dynasty ⓘ |
| tradition | East Asian Buddhism ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Chinese Buddhist monastics
ⓘ
East Asian Buddhist schools ⓘ Mahayana ⓘ
surface form:
Mahayana Buddhists
|
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Chinese Buddhist Canon Description of subject: The Chinese Buddhist Canon is the comprehensive collection of Buddhist scriptures translated into Chinese over many centuries, encompassing sutras, vinaya texts, and commentaries that shaped East Asian Buddhism.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Chinese Tripiṭaka
this entity surface form:
Chinese Buddhist Tripiṭaka
this entity surface form:
Chinese Buddhist canon