Raw data
In 730s Tao-hsüan resided in Ta-fu-hsien monastery (大福先寺) in Loyang - Elisséeff (1936:86)
"[T]he Tendai Bodhisattva-stla tradition, [was] inherited from Northern Ch'an through Tao-hsüan (J. Dosen) 702-760." - Faure (1987: immediately following footnote no. 44)
[Therefore, he must not be confused with an earlier monk, also called Dosen, i.e. "Dosen 道宣 Ch. Tao-hsuan (596-667); the founder of the Nanshan 南山 (Nanzan) sect of the Vinaya (Lu 律, Ritsu) school in China."
http://shingondharmazazen.wordpress.com/2007/11/15/biographies-of-dharma-masters/]
Input by: tmciolek, Jul 19, 2010
Final data (and their sources)
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 Ta-fu-hsien monastery, CN.
Lat 34.7100 Long 112.5500
Mapping & images: Falling Rain Genomics (http://www.fallingrain.com), 2010.
Google Map link:
Final data - explanatory notes
1. Monastery's name
- Ta-fu-hsien monastery (大福先寺) - Elisséeff (1936:86)
2. Monastery's modern country & province
- China:Henan Sheng
3. Monastery's alternative/historical names
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4. Monastery's lat/long coordinates
- Approx. Lat 34.7100 Long 112.5500 (a figure based on Lat 34.6836 Long 112.4536 - http://www.fallingrain.com/world/CH/9/Luoyang.html)
5. Other known nearby Buddhist monasteries
6. Modern name of the known nearest city, town, or village
7. The settlement's alternative/historical names
- Honan - http://www.fallingrain.com/world/CH/9/Luoyang.html
- Lo-yand - http://www.fallingrain.com/world/CH/9/Luoyang.html
- Lo-yang - http://www.fallingrain.com/world/CH/9/Luoyang.html
- Lo-yang-shih - http://www.fallingrain.com/world/CH/9/Luoyang.html
- Honanfu - http://www.fallingrain.com/world/CH/9/Luoyang.html
- Lo-yang-hsien - http://www.fallingrain.com/world/CH/9/Luoyang.html
- Lo Yang - http://pratyeka.org/buddhist-history/
8. The settlement's coordinates
- Exactly Lat 34.6836 Long 112.4536 - http://www.fallingrain.com/world/CH/9/Luoyang.html
9. Monastery's major Buddhist tradition
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10. Monastery's Buddhist sub-tradition
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11. Date-early
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12. Date-intermediate
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13. Date-late
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14. Details of contacts with other monasteries
- Daianji, in Nara, Japan - through Tao-hsüan's 736 AD travel to (and subsequent long term residence at) that monastery - Groner (2000: 23, 29n, 69n, 88-9)
15. Type of evidence regarding the monastery
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16. Additional notes
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