大薦福寺

Readings

Pinyin: Dàjiànfúsì

Wade-Giles: Ta-chien-fu-ssu

Hangul: 대천복사

Korean MC: Daecheonboksa

Korean MR: Taech'ŏnboksa

Katakana: ダイセンフクジ

Hepburn: Daisenfukuji

Dajianfusi

• Ancient Chinese temple, Located in Chang'an County, in the south of Shaanxi Xi'an. Established in 684 by decree of Wu Zetian 武則天, originally with the name of Daxianfusi 大獻福寺. At the major renovation of the temple in 690, the new name was applied. Yijing 義淨 worked here while translating 28 texts. In 841, the Japanese monk Ennin 圓仁 visited the temple. 〔貞元新定釋教目錄, 開元釋教錄, 舊唐書本紀第七, 入唐求法巡禮行記〕[resp. cmuller; source(s): FGD]

Dictionary References:

Fo Guang Dictionary, 891

Bukkyō daijiten (Mochizuki), (v.1-6)3302a

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