英文摘要 |
In both the pre-modern tradition and modern scholarship, there has been controversy over whether the Vimalakīrti-nirdeśa (VKN) attributed in the present canon to Zhi Qian 支謙 (fl. 223-252), the Weimojie jing 維摩詰經 T474, is in fact by Zhi Qian or by Dharmarakṣa 竺法護 (fl. ca. 280-308). Using copious internal evidence discovered by computer-assisted methods developed by the author, this paper argues that our extant text is a revision of a Zhi Qian original text by Dharmarakṣa or someone very closely associated with Dharmarakṣa's circle. |