Korean Journal of Buddhist Studies ISSN:1598-0642(Print) 불교학연구

Generally it is said that the famous buddhist monk Seng-lang(僧郞) came from Koguryeo, who had early learned the theories of Ku- marajiva's system in the North of China, and thereafter went down the South in the Sung(宋) and ch'i(齊) periods. At that place Seng-lang played an important active in the Sal lun school, and the results described by Chi-tsang(吉藏) are summarized up as these three points. 1. Seng-lang had teached the hermit Chou-Yong(周禺) and Chou-yong lately wrote 'San-tsung lun’(三宗論) 2. Seng-lang refuted Ch'eng-shih lun Master(成實論師) and reconstructed New San-lun. 3. Under the influence of Seng-lang liang Wu-di(梁武帝) threw away Ch'eng-shih lun and wrote Mahayany annotation. However these days some scholars doubt or deny the traditional records described by Chi-tsang. Such arguments may be first came out from 境野黃洋 and the following scholars T'and Yung T'ung(湯用彤)․Shunei Hirai(平井俊榮) also doubt the records. They argue with one accord the three points described by Chi-tsang are no more than the exaggerated statement of Chi-tsang. But their arguments seems to be rather misunderstanding than truthfulness. Therefore I put off to argue against their opinions to the following chance, this time regulate their arguments to bring into relief what matters are main problems.