Chan Prolegomenon
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Chan Prolegomenon is a foundational treatise on Chan (Zen) Buddhism by the Tang dynasty scholar-monk Zongmi, offering a systematic overview and doctrinal analysis of Chan teachings and schools.
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| Chan Prolegomenon canonical | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Chan Prolegomenon Context triple: [Zongmi, wrote, Chan Prolegomenon]
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- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Chan Prolegomenon Target entity description: Chan Prolegomenon is a foundational treatise on Chan (Zen) Buddhism by the Tang dynasty scholar-monk Zongmi, offering a systematic overview and doctrinal analysis of Chan teachings and schools.
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A.
Adventures of the Dialectic
Adventures of the Dialectic is a philosophical work by Maurice Merleau-Ponty that critically examines Marxism, history, and the concept of dialectical reason in the context of mid-20th-century politics.
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B.
Syntagma philosophicum
Syntagma philosophicum is a major philosophical work by Pierre Gassendi that systematically presents his revival of Epicurean atomism and his alternative to Cartesian rationalism.
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C.
De dialectica
De dialectica is a medieval philosophical treatise on logic and language by Alcuin of York, influential in the development of Carolingian scholastic thought.
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D.
Propaedeumata Aphoristica
Propaedeumata Aphoristica is a 16th-century work by John Dee that presents his influential ideas on mathematics, astronomy, and natural philosophy in a series of aphoristic propositions.
-
E.
The True Doctrine
The True Doctrine is a lost anti-Christian polemical work by the 2nd-century philosopher Celsus, known today primarily through Origen’s rebuttal in Contra Celsum.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (34)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Buddhist treatise
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Chan Buddhism text ⓘ religious text ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
clarify Chan doctrinal positions
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systematize Chan thought ⓘ |
| analyzes | different Chan schools ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Heze school of Chan
ⓘ
Huayan Buddhism ⓘ
linked to:
Huayan / Kegon
|
| author |
Guifeng Zongmi
ⓘ
Zongmi ⓘ |
| context | Chinese Buddhism ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | China ⓘ |
| era | 9th century ⓘ |
| genre |
doctrinal treatise
ⓘ
theological prolegomenon ⓘ |
| hasPerspective | synthesizes meditative practice and doctrinal analysis ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | foundational work for understanding early Chan doctrinal classifications ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Huayan doctrine
ⓘ
linked to:
Chinese Huayan school
|
| originalLanguage | Classical Chinese ⓘ |
| provides |
doctrinal analysis of Chan teachings
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systematic overview of Chan Buddhism ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Zongmi’s Chan Preface
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Zongmi’s writings on Huayan Buddhism ⓘ |
| religion | Buddhism ⓘ |
| subject |
Buddhist doctrine
ⓘ
Buddhist hermeneutics ⓘ Chan schools ⓘ
linked to:
Chan school
Chan teachings ⓘ meditation theory ⓘ |
| timePeriod | Tang dynasty ⓘ |
| tradition |
Chan Buddhism
ⓘ
Zen Buddhism ⓘ |
| usedIn |
comparative studies of Chan and Huayan
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scholarly study of Chan history ⓘ |
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