Raw data
"Pao-t'ang Wu-chu or 'Bao-tang Wu-zhu' (保唐无住) (Chinese: 無住; Wu-chu; 714-774CE), head and founder of Pao-t'ang Monastery (Chinese: 保唐寺) at Chengtu, Szechwan located in south west China." - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pao-t'ang_Wu-chu
"Wu-hsiang's successor, Wu-chu (714-774), lived in the monastery of Hoto-ji (Chin., Pao-t'ang-ssu) in Szechwan Province […]" Dumoulin et al. (2005:128)
"'The "Lidai fabao ji' was probably composed some time between 774 and 780 at the Bao Tang monastery in Zizhou, Jiannan (modern-day Sichuan), by an anonymous disciple ordisciples of the above-mentioned Bao Tang founder, Wuzhu." - Faure (2003:37)
"The Bao Tang monastery was in Yizhou [= the Yi State - tmc], the Chengdu area of Sichuan" Adamek (2007:407)
Input by: tmciolek, August 4, 2012
Final data (and their sources)
Last updated: 04 Aug 2012
Lat/Long coordinates' accuracy:
The monastery in question is assumed to be situated actually no farther than 20 km from the point defined by the coordinates below.
General location of the Bao-tang monastery, CN.
Lat 30.6667 Long 104.066
Mapping & images: Falling Rain Genomics (http://www.fallingrain.com), 2012.
Google Map link:
Final data - explanatory notes
1. Monastery's name
- Baotang monastery
2. Monastery's modern country & province
- China:Sichuan Sheng
3. Monastery's alternative/historical names
- Pao-t'ang Monastery (Chinese: 保唐寺) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pao-t'ang_Wu-chu
- Bao Tang monastery - Adamek (2007:407), Faure (2003:37)
- Bao-tang monastery - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pao-t'ang_Wu-chu
- Hoto-ji (Jap.) - Dumoulin et al. (2005:128)
- Pao-t'ang-ssu (Chin.) - Dumoulin et al. (2005:128)
4. Monastery's lat/long coordinates
- Approx., Lat 30.6667 Long 104.0667 - assumed to be either in or in the vicinity of Chengdu. The site could not be located (yet) in maps/satellite imagery, maps.google.com - tmciolek, 4 Aug 2012.
5. Other known nearby Buddhist monasteries
- [missing data]
6. Modern name of the known nearest city, town, or village
7. The settlement's alternative/historical names
- Hua-yang - http://www.fallingrain.com/world/CH/32/Chengdu.html
- Ch'eng-tu-hsien - http://www.fallingrain.com/world/CH/32/Chengdu.html
- Ch'eng-tu - http://www.fallingrain.com/world/CH/32/Chengdu.html
- Ch’eng-tu-hsien - http://www.fallingrain.com/world/CH/32/Chengdu.html
- Ch'eng-tu-shih - http://www.fallingrain.com/world/CH/32/Chengdu.html
- Chengdu Shi - http://www.fallingrain.com/world/CH/32/Chengdu.html
- Ch’eng-tu-shih - http://www.fallingrain.com/world/CH/32/Chengdu.html
- 成都 - http://www.fallingrain.com/world/CH/32/Chengdu.html
- Ch’eng-tu - http://www.fallingrain.com/world/CH/32/Chengdu.html
8. The settlement's coordinates
- Approx., Lat 30.6667 Long 104.0667 - http://www.fallingrain.com/world/CH/32/Chengdu.html
9. Monastery's major Buddhist tradition
- Mahayana
10. Monastery's Buddhist sub-tradition
- Ch'an/Zen
11. Date-early
- Est. before 774 CE - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pao-t'ang_Wu-chu
12. Date-intermediate
- [missing data]
13. Date-late
- [missing data]
14. Details of contacts with other monasteries
- [missing data]
15. Type of evidence regarding the monastery
- [missing data]
16. Additional notes
- [missing data] (incl. details of the size of the monastic population)
17. Corrections & addenda to this page were kindly provided by
- [missing data]
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