Pao-ch'eng-ssu monastery, (in) Puyang, Henan, CN

Raw data

Genbô, the future abbot of Kairyuoji, has traveled to China with the 8th official Nara Mission in 717 and studied the Consciousness Only school of Buddhism under Chih-chou [Zhizhou] (668-723), the 3rd patriarch of the Fa-hsiang [= Faxiang - tmciolek] School (Japanese: Hossô) at Pao-ch’eng-ssu temple in P’u-yang. – Fogel (1996: 22)

Puyang, China Page
Other names: K'ai-chou,P'u-yang-hsien,Puyan',Kaichow
World:China:Henan Sheng
Lat 35.7028 Long 115.0528
http://www.fallingrain.com/world/CH/9/Puyang.html

Input by: tmciolek, Dec 8, 2009

Final data (and their sources)

Last updated: 06 Feb 2014

Lat/Long coordinates' accuracy:
The monastery in question is assumed to be situated actually no farther than 2 km from the point defined by the coordinates below.

Location of Pao-ch'eng-ssu monastery, CN.

General location of the Pao-ch'eng-ssu monastery, CN.
Lat 35.7028 Long 115.0528
Mapping & images: Falling Rain Genomics (http://www.fallingrain.com), 2009.


Google Map link:

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=35.7028+115.0528+(Approx.%20loc.%20of%20the%20Paochengssu%20monastery,%20CN)&ll=35.7028,115.0528&spn=05.0,05.0&t=k&hl=en


Final data - explanatory notes

1. Monastery's name

  • Pao-ch’eng-ssu – Fogel (1996: 22)

2. Monastery's modern country & province

  • China:Henan Sheng

3. Monastery's alternative/historical names

  • [missing data]

4. Monastery's lat/long coordinates


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


8. The settlement's coordinates


9. Monastery's major Buddhist tradition

  • Mahayana – Fogel (1996: 22)

10. Monastery's Buddhist sub-tradition

  • Fa-hsiang School (Japanese: Hossô) – Fogel (1996: 22)

11. Date-early

  • [missing data]

12. Date-intermediate

  • Active between 717 and 734 AD – Fogel (1996: 22)

MBM chrono-tag 0700-32c 0733-66c - tmciolek 6 Feb 2014
0667-99p 0700-32c 0733-66c 0767-99p dated-x


13. Date-late

  • [missing data]

14. Details of contacts with other monasteries

  • Contacts with Kairyuoji temple in Nara, Japan between 717 and 734 AD – Fogel (1996: 22)
  • Genbô, the future abbot of Kairyuo-ji, has traveled to China with the 8th official Nara Mission in 717 and studied the Consciousness Only school of Buddhism under Chih-chou [Zhizhou] (668-723), the 3rd patriarch of the Fa-hsiang [= Faxiang - tmciolek] School (Japanese: Hossô) at the Pao-ch’eng-ssu temple in P’u-yang. – Fogel (1996: 22)

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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