妙空

Readings

Pinyin: miàokōng

Wade-Giles: miao-k'ung

Hangul: 묘공

Korean MC: myogong

Korean MR: myogong

Katakana: ミョウクウ

Hepburn: myōkū

excellent emptiness

• 〔正法華經 T 263.9.92b19〕 (Skt. śūnya); translated by Kumārajīva as 空 〔法華經 T 262.9.25c21〕. [resp. Seishi Karashima]
• Miaokong (1826–1880). Qing period Buddhist monk from Jiangsu, known by the nickname "Scripture Engraver" 刻經僧. Originally a Confucian scholar he entered the Buddhist order at the age of 41. He is known for his work of gathering, collating, and publishing various fragments of the Buddhist canon that had become lost during periods of disorder. For more details, see the Foguang Dictionary, p. 2849. [resp. Charles Muller; source(s): FGD]

Dictionary References:

Hanyu da cidian, vol. 4, p. 299

Zengaku daijiten (Komazawa U.), 1188d

Fo Guang Dictionary, 2849

Index to the Bussho kaisetsu daijiten (Ono), 628

Dai kanwa jiten (Morohashi), vol. 3, p. 649

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