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Suo01 / Catalog number 2-2981 / Volume 011

The Vinaya in Four Parts is an important vinaya text in the Chinese vinaya tradition, recording rules for bhikkhus and bhikkhunīs, monastic regulations, kakka/kamma procedures and vinaya origin stories. OpenSutra Currently the published fascicles of this text have been organized under “Yongle Northern Canon / Hinayana Vinaya”; image sources and catalog numbers are listed separately in each fascicle record. It can first be understood within a vinaya literature system, with emphasis typically on precepts, monastic organization and practice regulations. The catalog of this work contains 60 fascicles; currently 10 fascicles have not been published due to missing images: Fascicle 020 (catalog number 2-2990, thousand-character folio number 所10), Fascicle 022 (catalog number 2-2992, thousand-character folio number 基02), Fascicle 025 (catalog number 2-2995, thousand-character folio number 基05), Fascicle 026 (catalog number 2-2996, thousand-character folio number 基06), Fascicle 027 (catalog number 2-2997, thousand-character folio number 基07), Fascicle 030 (catalog number 2-3000, thousand-character folio number 基10), Fascicle 035 (catalog number 2-3005, thousand-character folio number 籍05), Fascicle 037 (catalog number 2-3007, thousand-character folio number 籍07) and 10 fascicles in total.

The Vinaya in Four Parts holds an important position in the history of Chinese vinaya; later vinaya schools often took this vinaya as a fundamental basis. Its contents not only list precepts but also preserve the circumstances of vinaya formulation, procedures for handling monastic affairs, ordination and uposatha systems, making it a core resource for studying monastic norms and institutional history. OpenSutra Currently the published fascicles of this text have been organized under “Yongle Northern Canon / Hinayana Vinaya”; image sources and catalog numbers are listed separately in each fascicle record. It can first be understood within a vinaya literature system, with emphasis typically on precepts, monastic organization and practice regulations. Vinaya literature records not only precepts but also preserves materials on institutions, rituals and the circumstances of vinaya formulation. Here the readable fascicles of the Vinaya in Four Parts (60 fascicles) are gathered in original catalog order, suitable for consulting by fascicle number, catalog number, thousand-character folio number or title. Missing fascicles: the catalog of this work contains 60 fascicles; currently 10 fascicles have not been published due to missing source images. Missing are Fascicle 020 (catalog number 2-2990, thousand-character folio number 所10), Fascicle 022 (catalog number 2-2992, thousand-character folio number 基02), Fascicle 025 (catalog number 2-2995, thousand-character folio number 基05), Fascicle 026 (catalog number 2-2996, thousand-character folio number 基06), Fascicle 027 (catalog number 2-2997, thousand-character folio number 基07), Fascicle 030 (catalog number 2-3000, thousand-character folio number 基10), Fascicle 035 (catalog number 2-3005, thousand-character folio number 籍05), Fascicle 037 (catalog number 2-3007, thousand-character folio number 籍07), Fascicle 041 (catalog number 2-3011, thousand-character folio number 甚01), Fascicle 050 (catalog number 2-3020, thousand-character folio number 甚10). Links to fascicle sources are saved with each fascicle record; current source links: https://dzj.sdlib.cn/#/homeDetails/2-3030/0508010506 Related author/translator information: 姚秦佛陀耶舍、竺佛念译。
Published: Jun 14, 2026
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Translated by Buddhabhadra and Zhu Fonian; title, classification, and volume number follow the Shandong Library Yongle Northern Canon catalog entries.

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