Baozang lun; 1 fasc., Attributed to Sengzhao 僧肇. The Baozang lun is stylistically and doctrinally similar to a number of texts associated with the Ox-head 牛头 Chan lineage, notably the Jueguan lun, Xinxin ming 信心铭, Xin ming, Wuxin lun, and so on. It also appears to be related to a group of seventh- and eighth-century Daoist commentaries and scriptures later classified under the heading chongxuan ("double mystery"). Like the Ox-head and chongxuan materials, the Baozang lun is a synthesis of Daoist 老庄 metaphysics and Buddhist Madhyamika 中观派 dialectic. It is notable for its ruminations on concepts such as "true one" (zhen'i 真一), "point of origin" (benji ), no-mind (wuxin 无心) etc., and is the locus classicus for the pairing of "transcendence" and "subtlety" (li 离 and wei 微). It also contains a critique of Buddha invocation practices (nianfo 念佛), and a positive reference to the doctrine that even insentient things have buddha-nature 佛性. T 1857.45.143b-150a.