Jiaoran, 57, 277, 287

Jiashe Moteng (Kāśyapa Mātaṅga), 124, 128, 130, 133, 135, 141–143, 159, 161, 265, 268, 598, 602

Jietan tujing (Illustrated Scripture on the Ordination Platform), 190–191, 193

Jing Xian, 130, 265, 268

Jingdi, Emperor, 590

Jingjian (nun), 198, 200, 600, 604

Jingzong, Emperor, 580–581

Journeys to the Regions of the West, 265

Junzi, 437

Buddhist Junzi, 2, 89, 424

Kai’an, 50, 80

Kaihuang sanbao lu (Record of the Three Treasures compiled in the Kaihuang era), 105–106, 117, 365, 373

Kaiyuan Monastery, 515, 519

Kang Senghui, 124, 128, 162, 217–219, 323, 326–327, 551, 562

Kāraṇḍaka Bamboo Grove, 136

Katsumura Tetsuya, 83

Kefu, 488, 498, 502, 510

Keightley, David, 11

Khotan, 152, 194, 221, 223, 255, 265, 342, 623, 625

Kucha, 152, 282, 342, 618

Kumārajīva, 105, 163, 169, 171–172, 233, 235–236, 238–239, 252–254, 256, 282, 311, 326, 330, 334, 341, 464, 482, 512, 615, 618

Kuoqing, 421, 435, 523, 529

Lafa jing (Scripture on the Method of, 110, 147

Lamp records (denglu), 31, 259, 272

Laozi, 67, 119, 127, 370, 431, 440–442, 445, 450, 452–453, 455, 476, 548, 637

Leaving Home, 18, 173, 175, 177, 330, 346–347, 364, 420, 469

Lectures and Debates on Imperial Birthdays, 467, 475

Lectures by Monks, 221, 223, 268

Lectures by Nuns, 225

Li Fang, 23, 57, 65, 320

Li ji (Book of Rites), 99, 193, 206, 286, 315–318, 383

Li Mu, 23, 43, 64

Li Wu, Emperor, 551

Li Yu, 66

Li Yun, 44

Liangzhu Zongjian, 80

Liu Kai, 24–25, 31, 37, 65–66

Liu Zhiji, 28, 54, 68

Liu Xiang, 123, 126–127, 129, 132, 159, 161

Liu Zong, 398, 404, 501, 510, 545–546, 548

Loshi fashi nianji (The Chronological Record of Dharma Master Kumārajīva), 105, 117

Lotus sūtra (Fahua jing), 225, 230, 328, 392, 395, 412, 449, 512

Lu Duoxun, 64

Lu Zhuya, 43

Luoyang qielan ji (A Record of Buddhist Monasteries in Luoyang), 138, 145, 153, 256

Madhyamaka, 171

Madhyamakakārikā, 28

Mahākāśyapa, 257, 329, 333, 408, 412

Mahāsāṃghika (school), 165, 167, 183, 189, 192, 231, 233–234, 326, 411

Maitreya, 22, 256, 485–486, 493, 539