Raw data
"Pengcheng was located in the Chu Kingdom (220-265 A.D.) on the lower part of the Yangzi River which is now in Jiangsu province, China. Here, from the middle of the first century A.D., the gentle folk followed both Taoism and Buddhism. The Chu Emperor Liu Ying (Han Emperor Guangwu’s son) migrated to Pengcheng. And here, he recited prayers to both the transcendence of Taoism and the benevolence of Buddhism. (Ref. The Story of the Chu Emperor Wang Ying in Hou Han Shu). He did penance, fasted, prayed, and made offerings. In the year 265, there was a Buddhist organization consisting of foreign monks and Chinese scholars there."
Src: Nguyen Tai Thu (2009) http://www.crvp.org/book/Series03/IIID-5/chapter-2.htm
Xuzhu, China Page
Other names: Hsu-chu, Hsü-chu
World:China:Jiangsu Sheng
Lat 31.4500 Long 119.4833
http://www.fallingrain.com/world/CH/4/Xuzhu.html
[Note - the above values are, strangely, incorrect. In fact, the approx. coords. on the basis of information provided by maps.google.com should read:
Lat 34.32 Long: 117.15 - tmciolek, 15 Dec 2009.
Xuzhou, Postal Map Spelling: Hsuchow, the place also known as Pengcheng - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xuzhou
Xuzhou or Suchow […] Xuzhou was known as Dongshan from 1912 to 1945. It was in Shandong prov. from 1949 to 1952, when it was returned to Jiangsu. […]
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2004, Columbia University Press.
Input by: tmciolek, Dec 15, 2009
Final data (and their sources)
Last updated: 07 Mar 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.
General location of the Pengcheng monastery, CN.
Lat 34.32 Long 117.15
Mapping & images: Falling Rain Genomics (http://www.fallingrain.com), 2009.
Google Map link:
Final data - explanatory notes
1. Monastery's name
- Unnamed Pengcheng proto-monastery - Nguyen Tai Thu (2009) http://www.crvp.org/book/Series03/IIID-5/chapter-2.htm
2. Monastery's modern country & province
- China:Jiangsu Sheng
3. Monastery's alternative/historical names
- [missing data]
4. Monastery's lat/long coordinates
- Approx, Lat 34.32 Long 117.15 - http://maps.google.com
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
- Hsu-chu - http://www.fallingrain.com/world/CH/4/Xuzhu.html
- Hsü-chu - http://www.fallingrain.com/world/CH/4/Xuzhu.html
- Hsuchow - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xuzhou
- Pengcheng - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xuzhou
- Suchow - The Columbia Encyclopedia (2004)
- Dongshan - The Columbia Encyclopedia (2004)
- Peng Cheng - http://pratyeka.org/buddhist-history/
8. The settlement's coordinates
- Approx, Lat 34.32 Long 117.15 - http://maps.google.com
9. Monastery's major Buddhist tradition
- [missing data]
10. Monastery's Buddhist sub-tradition
- [missing data]
11. Date-early
- Active in 265 CE - Nguyen Tai Thu (2009) http://www.crvp.org/book/Series03/IIID-5/chapter-2.htm
MBM chrono-tag 0200-32p 0233-66c 0267-99p - tmciolek 07 Mar 2014
0200-32p 0233-66c 0267-99p dated-e
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]
18. Available Printed Literature
- Zürcher, Erik. 2007. The Buddhist Conquest of China: The Spread and Adaptation of Buddhism in Early Medieval China. Leiden: Brill. [books.google.com/books?isbn=9004156046]
- Tansen Sen. 2003. Buddhism, Diplomacy, and Trade: The Realignment of Sino-Indian Relations, 600-1400. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press. [books.google.com.au/books?id=blBTHAY_A4wC]
- [bibliographical details of the Book/Article 3]
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