esoteric teaching, 83, 255, 273–275, 280–281, 283–284

eunuchs, 3, 270, 375, 419, 421, 431–432, 435–436, 440, 487, 518, 546, 613

Facong, 231–234

Faguo, 345–346, 349–350, 521–522, 526, 583, 586

Fajing, 217, 219, 255, 338, 343, 553, 562–563

Falang, 183, 211, 485–486

Falin, 116, 126, 175, 555, 564–565

Fan Pukuang, 591, 595

Fan Zhongyan, 90

Fashang, 104, 106, 115, 293, 299, 354, 360, 408, 412

Fayu, 292, 297

Faxian, 105–106, 117, 151, 155, 233, 244, 266, 268–269, 313, 336, 342, 509, 552–553, 562

Five Dynasties, 4, 22, 28, 56, 60, 70, 274, 280, 343, 361, 395, 453, 496, 569, 625

Five ranks, 89, 94, 424, 436, 521, 525

Fonian, 74, 233, 271, 493

Four Part Vinaya (Sifen jiemo), 165, 167

Fu Shiping, 91–92, 94, 156, 161, 311, 376, 436, 450, 483, 494, 498, 513, 520, 612

Fukuda Gyōkai, 92, 95

Fuli, 57, 277, 286–287

Gantong zhuan (Transmissions of Inspired Communications), 106, 118, 130

Gaoseng zhuan (Biographies of Eminent Monks). See Biographies of Eminent Monks, 12, 26, 29–30, 56, 58–59, 62, 64, 70, 76, 78, 80, 93, 99, 109, 203, 273, 324, 495–496, 548, 625, 645

Gaozong, Emperor, 39, 51, 283, 286, 302, 313, 364, 371, 403, 443, 450, 476, 531, 554–555

Gaozu, Emperor, 44, 284, 302, 314–315, 363, 370, 450, 452, 463, 481–483, 527, 573

Gardner, Charles S., 9, 53–54

Gengshen Associations, 540, 543

Gong Lin, 21, 31, 33–34, 42, 47, 63, 71, 76, 78

Great Cloud Scripture (Dayun jing), 485–486, 493–494

Great Quinquennial Assembly, 152

Guang Hongming ji, 97, 99, 482, 645

Guardian Deities, 286, 619, 621–622

Gunabhadra, 193, 244, 337, 343, 531, 535, 551

guwen “classical literature”, 16–17, 21, 24–25, 28, 31, 34–35, 37, 40, 60, 62, 65, 72, 76, 90–91

Han Dechun, 43, 49

Han faben neizhuan (Anecdotal book about, 1–7, 9, 12–24, 26–43, 45, 47–51, 55–60, 62–66, 70–73, 76, 78–87, 89–90, 92–95, 97–98, 101, 104, 106–110, 114–116, 118–121, 123–124, 128–130, 132–133, 135–139, 141–142, 144–145, 149–153, 156–157, 159–163, 165, 167, 169, 171, 173, 175, 177–180, 182–187, 190, 192–195, 198, 200, 203, 206–208, 211, 214, 216–217, 221, 223, 227, 233–236, 238–239, 243–245, 248–249, 251, 253