OPENSUTRA_ORG_0004072Continuation of the Biographies of Eminent Monks
The Continuation of the Biographies of Eminent Monks in Thirty-One Volumes appears in the Yongle Northern Canon catalogue and is currently classified under "Yongle Northern Canon/Local Authorships." It can be understood first as a work of Buddhist prose and commentary, often possessing value for intellectual history, sectarian history, and edition circulation. OpenSutra The readable fascicles have been organized in the original catalogue order; specific image sources are indicated in each fascicle record. The catalogue lists 40 volumes in total; currently 7 volumes have not been released due to missing images: Volume 012 (ID 2-5334, thousand-character volume number 时04), Volume 013 (ID 2-5335, thousand-character volume number 时05), Volume 027 (ID 2-5355, thousand-character volume number 衡05), Volume 030 (ID 2-5359, thousand-character volume number 衡09), Continuation of the Biographies of Eminent Monks in Thirty-One Volumes (16 lower) (ID 2-5340, thousand-character volume number 时10), Continuation of the Biographies of Eminent Monks in Thirty-One Volumes (26 upper) (ID 2-5353, thousand-character volume number 衡03), Continuation of the Biographies of Eminent Monks in Thirty-One Volumes (26 lower) (ID 2-5354, thousand-character volume number 衡04).
