2022

Janine Merrick Nicol

  • Affiliated Scholar
  • SOAS, University of London
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Project

The publication of an annotated English translation of the early Chinese collection of jātaka stories, the Liu du ji jing (六度集經T152), in book form plus inclusion of these stories in digital form in the University of Edinburgh's Jātaka Stories Database.

Program

The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Translation Grants in Buddhist Studies

Department

School of History, Religions and Philosophies

Abstract

This project will produce a complete, extensively annotated English translation of the Liu du ji jing in book and digital form, the former accompanied by a substantial introductory essay tackling complex issues of textual history, such as transmission, translation, reception and audience.