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

12. Clarifying Cai Yong’s Definitions [in government and administration] (Zheng Cai Yong Duduan 證蔡邕「獨斷」)

13. Critiquing Yan Shigu’s Correcting Errors and Rectifying Vulgarities (Chi Yan Shigu kuangmu zhengsu 斥顏師古「匡謬正俗」)

14. Refuting the Discourse on the Sound of Waves and the Record of Elucidation (Zhe Haichao lun Jianming lu 折「海潮論」兼「明錄」)

15. Against the Generalities on Historiography (Fei Shitong 非「史通」)

16. Responses to Criticisms of Various Histories (Da chi zazhu shi 答斥雜諸史)

17. Notes on Bamboo (Sun pu 筍譜)⁶⁶

18. Record of Mutual Affection for Things of Like Kind (Wulei xianggan zhi 物類相感志)⁶⁷

19. Summarizing while Transmitting (Chuan zailue 傳載略)⁶⁸

20. Speaking on Essentials (Yaoyan 要言)

To the twenty works listed by Makita may be added two additional works attributed to Zanning in the Orthodox Transmission of Buddhism:⁶⁹

1. Odes for the Zheng Instrument (Zheng pu 箏譜)

2. Anthology on Extraordinary Things (Wuwai ji 物外集)

Unfortunately, few of the non-Buddhist works survive, but the list of writings serves to reveal a number of things about Zanning. Through his surviving works, Zanning is known almost exclusively as a Buddhist scholar and historian. The full list of his oeuvre, however, suggests a different Zanning––a wide-ranging literatus highly engaged in critical scholarly debates of his day––precisely the figure that Wang Yucheng describes in his Preface.

Among other things, the list reflects Zanning’s dual allegiances. In terms of volume of output, Zanning’s Buddhist writings are more extensive, but his non-Buddhist writings are far more numerous. In