ID: 700008996 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700008996	Record Type: Movable Work
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Sutra on the Ten Kings (scroll (information artifact); unknown Chinese; ca. 10th century; Bibliotheque Nationale (Paris, Île-de-France, France); Pelliot chinois 2003;)

Note: Mogao Grottoes Cave 17, Dunhuang, Gansu Province. This illustrated manuscript attests to an approach to the afterlife,formed in China around the seventh century, founded on a conceptof postmortem spiritual expiation akin to purgatory.1 The sutra,an indigenous Chinese composition, addresses the period beforerebirth when the dead are judged by otherworldly kings in a supernatural analogue to the medieval Chinese bureaucracy.2 In each of these ten courts presides a different magistrate, supervised by King Yama, hegemon of Indic hell. As the sutra reveals, Yama will attain buddhahood in a future life despite his career in retribution. Thus his courts ultimately serve the Mahayana Buddhist purpose of liberation for all sentient beings.

Titles:

Sutra on the Ten Kings (preferred,C,U,DE,English,U,U)

Fonds Pelliot chinois. Notices 2001-2500. Pelliot chinois 2003 (C,U,RP,French-P,U,U)

十王經、佛說閻羅王授記四衆預修生七往生淨土經繪卷 (C,U,Chinese,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

scroll (information artifact) [300028629] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Information Forms (hierarchy name), information forms (objects), information artifacts, <information artifacts by physical form>)

manuscript (documents) [300028569]

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Information Forms (hierarchy name), information forms (objects), document genres, <documents by conditions of production>)

Classifications:

manuscripts (preferred)

Creation Date: ca. 10th century

Creator Display:

unknown Chinese [preferred]

scribe unknown Chinese (Chinese cultural designation) [500125222]

Locations:

Other: Discovery: Qianfodong [7029798] Gansu province (province), China (nation), Asia (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Current: Bibliothèque nationale de France (Paris, Île-de-France, France) [500309981] Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: Pelliot chinois 2003

Display Materials: Ink and pigments on paper

	ink [300015012]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, coating (material), <coating by form>)

	pigments [300013109]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, colorant (material))

	paper (fiber product) [300014109]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by form>, <materials by physical form>, <fiber and fiber by product>, <fiber by product>)

Dimensions: 29.5 × 760 cm (11 5⁄8 × 299 3⁄16 in.)

Cultures:

Chinese (preferred)

General Subject:

religion and mythology (preferred)

text

Specific Subjects:

	Sutra on the Ten Kings [901001372]
	.....((Named sutras, Literary works: Philosophy, Religion, Named written and performed works, Literature and Performing Arts)) (ICON)

	Ten Kings [901001373]
	.....((Buddhist narratives, Buddhist iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

	Diyu [901001123]
	.....((Chinese legendary places, Chinese iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

	Chinese (language) [300388113]
	.....(Associated Concepts Facet, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name), language-related concepts, <languages and writing systems>, <languages and writing systems by specific type>, <temporary alphabetical list: languages and writing systems>) (AAT)

Copyright: public domain

Inscriptions: Fo shuo yan luo wang shou ji si zhong yu xiu sheng qi wang sheng jing tu jing 佛 說 閻 羅 王 授 記 四 衆 預 修 生 七 往 生 淨 土 經 parZang chuan 藏 川

Related Works:

	former location was .... Mogao Cave 17 [700008877]
	..........rock-cut temple; N/A; begun 9th century

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: drawings, paintings, prints, other two-dimensional media

............... Works at Mogao

Sources and Contributors:
Sutra on the Ten Kings	........ [VP]
	........ Agnew, Reed, Ball, Cave Temples of Dunhuang (2016) Cat 18
Fonds Pelliot chinois. Notices 2001-2500. Pelliot chinois 2003	........ [VP]
	........ Bibliothèque nationale de France [online] (2011-)
十王經、佛說閻羅王授記四衆預修生七往生淨土經繪卷	........ [VP]
	........ Agnew, Reed, Ball, Cave Temples of Dunhuang (2016)

Subject: ....... [VP]

....................... Bibliothèque nationale de France [online] (2011-) ark:/12148/btv1b83028058

....................... Agnew, Reed, Ball, Cave Temples of Dunhuang (2016) Cat 18

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... Agnew, Reed, Ball, Cave Temples of Dunhuang (2016) Cat 18