『維摩経文疏』所引の『維摩詰所説経』

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The 28 scrolls that comprise the Weimojing wenshu 維摩經文疏 are one of the most important commentaries on the Vimalakirtinirdesa 維摩詰所説經 as translated b Kumarajiva 鳩摩羅什 Tiantai Zhiyi 天台智〓 completed his commentary of the sutra's first eight chapters as far as the 25th scroll before his death, and the remaining three scrolls were subsequently completed by his disciple Guanding 灌頂. In these subsequent commentaries, sentences from the original sutra are inserted.
According to the notes, the first 25 scrolls had been accurately preserved with the sura inserts intact. I can surmise with a reasonable certainty that they preserve Zhiyi's sutra inserts very closely.
Problems do remain, however. There are many small differences between the Weimonjing wenshu's sutra inserts and the sutra itself as it appears in the Taisho Canon vol. 14. Therefore, in this paper I have researched the Vimalakirtinirdesa text dated close to the time of Zhiyi, as far as the eighth chapter. On the basis of this research, I was able to point out areas with particular relevance to Zhiyi.