The Administration of Buddhism in China: A Study and Translation ...

trust Zanning’s knowledge and judgment, as the above episode attests. A Buddhist source, the Comprehensive History of the Buddhas and Patriarchs, claims that Zanning demolished his critics at the Song court with his superior knowledge of historical works and Confucian literary works, causing those who once ridiculed him to submit in fear.⁶³

To speak to Zanning’s alleged knowledge of the Chinese literary tradition and his participation in debates regarding wen at the Song court, Makita Tairyō has compiled a list of works attributed to Zanning, including Buddhist as well as non-Buddhist sources.⁶⁴

1. Anthology of Buddhist Writings (Neidian ji 內典集)

2. Biographies of Eminent Monks compiled in the Song dynasty (Song Gaoseng zhuan 宋高僧傳; T 50, no. 2061)

3. Topical Compendium of the Buddhist Clergy compiled in the Great Song dynasty (Da Song Seng shilüe 大宋僧史略; T 54, no. 2126); referred to as the Topical Compendium of the Buddhist Clergy

4. Records of the Sages and Worthies of Vulture Peak (Jiuling shengxian lu 鷲嶺聖賢錄)

5. Guidelines to the Pronunciation and Meaning of the Commentary on the Ritual Practices in the Fourfold Vinaya [Sifen lu xingshi chao 四分律行事鈔] (Shichao yinyi zhigui 「事鈔」音義旨歸)⁶⁵

6. Anthology of Non-Buddhist Studies (Waixue ji 外學集)

7. Critique of Luxuriant Dew of the Spring and Autumn Annals (Bo Chunqiu fanlu 破「春秋繁露」)

8. Against the Official View that There are no Worthies in the Spring and Autumn Annals (Yi Chunqiu wuxian chenlun 抑「春秋無賢臣論」)

9. Clarifications of the Analects (Lunyu xuanjie 「論語」懸解)

10. An Explanation of the Analects (Lunyu chenshuo 「論語」陳說)

11. Critique of Wang Chong’s Balanced Discourses (Nan Wang Chong Lunheng 難王充「論衡」)