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CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

Lives OF EMINENT KOREAN MONKS

BIBLIOGRAPHY

ENDNOTE

for C. Y. L. and C. S. L.

PREFACE

The text I have used in translating Lives of Eminent Korean Monks is

that in the Taishŏ Tripitaka, not because it is a basic text, for it is marred

by wrong punctuation and by textual errors, but because it is readily

available in major libraries. The earliest available edition in block prints is

said to have existed until the outbreak of the Korean War (some say even

the blocks themselves existed in Suwŏn, at the Yongju monastery, before

1950); it is now lost. In view of the absence of such an authentic text, I

have collated all the versions available to me: among them the manuscript

copy of the late Asami Rintarō and the texts in the Pulgyo, Dainihon

bukkyŏ zensho, and Chosŏn pulgyo t‘ongsa. Such collating, together

with necessary emendations for puzzling passages, is indicated in

footnotes. Ideally, however, a correct text, with all errors eliminated but

with collation and emendations, should accompany the translation; but

owing to technical difficulties such a text must await another occasion.

This study was completed under a grant from the American

Philosophical Society and the University of Hawaii Research Council, and

I am grateful to both institutions for their assistance. I am also indebted to

Professors Fang Chao-ying, Richard B. Mather, Joseph Needham, and

Johannes Rahder for answering my queries; and to Professors Chow

Tse-tsung, Masatoshi Nagatomi, Richard H. Robinson, Edward W.

Wagner, and Arthur F. Wright for reading the translation and offering

constructive criticism. To Professor Leon Hurvitz go my deep thanks for