英文摘要 |
In the field of Buddhist studies, the reading of multiple editions or versions of a single text, and the interpretation of multiple commentaries on the same text is a fundamental, necessary and quite important undertaking. Buddhist writings are often rich in content, but the text itself can be extremely condensed. Therefore, if there are no supplementary annotations or commentaries to aid the interpretation of these writings, future generations of readers will encounter great difficulties in studying them. It is very inconvenient and time-consuming to use the traditional paper-based editions of Buddhist writings as the basis to do research for comparative readings or consulting different commentaries to the same section of a single text. This paper attempts to use the relevant digital technologies to compile four different commentaries to the ''Vijñaptimātratāsiddhi-śāstra'': Kuiji's ''Commentary on the Vijñaptimātratāsiddhi-śāstra'', his ''Essentials of the Treatise on ConsciousnessOnly'', Huizhao's ''Lamp to Illuminate the Meaning of the Vijñaptimātratāsiddhi-śāstra'', and Zhizhou's ''Explanation of the Mystery of the Vijñaptimātratāsiddhi-śāstra'', and to compile and edit all of the commentaries and annotations in one place. This helps scholars and readers save a lot of time on doing the mechanical work of compilation involved, and allows them to easily read and better understand the ''Vijñaptimātratāsiddhi-śāstra''. |