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Bibliography

佛國禪師文殊指南圖讚
Bukkoku-Zenshi Monju Shinan Zusan
Illustrated Eulogies of Mañjuśrī’s Guidance by Zen Master Foguo
Reprinted Shōwa era 1938. Original Edo period, 1767.
Publisher: 鈴木　貞太郎 (Suzuki Teitarō)
Book of illustrations and eulogies based on the popular story of Sudhana’s fifty-three site pilgrimage from the Avataṃsaka Sūtra. One book. Height 24.1 cm, width 13.3 cm.

慈悲道場懺法卷第一殘
Cíbēi Dàochǎng Chàn Fǎ Juǎn Dì Yī, Cán
Repentance Dharma of the Bodhimanda of Kindness and Compassion Vol. 1, Fragmentary
Ming dynasty, c. 1615
A repentance liturgy purportedly first created by Emperor Wu of Liang in the first half of the 6th century. One booklet, five panels of frontispiece, one panel of imperial cartouche, and one panel of introductory text remaining. Five lines per page, fifteen characters per line. Height 33.5 cm, folio width 12 cm.

慈悲三昧水懺殘
Cíbēi Sānmèishuǐ Chàn, Cán
Repentance Liturgy of the Samādhi Water of Kindness and Compassion, Fragmentary
Qing dynasty, c. 1715
A repentance liturgy purportedly first created by High Priest Wuda in the second half of the 9th century. One booklet, five panels of frontispiece, one panel of imperial cartouche, and one panel of introductory text remaining. Five lines per page, fifteen characters per line. Height 33 cm, folio width 12 cm.

大悲咒像解六十六折
Dàbēizhòu Xiàngjiě, Liùshíliù Zhé
Images and Explication of the Mahākaruṇika Dhāraṇī, Sixty-six folios
Qing dynasty, c. 1719.
A series of images with notes, based on the famous Mahākaruṇika Dhāraṇī. One book, six panels of frontispiece and one panel of text remaining. Five lines per page, fifteen characters per line. Height 32.5 cm, width 12 cm.

大方便佛報恩經卷第一殘
Dàfāngbiàn Fó Bào’ēn Jīng Juǎn Dì Yī, Cán
Sūtra of Great Expedience on the Buddha’s Repaying Kindness Vol. 1, Fragmentary
Date uncertain, possibly Qing dynasty.
Chinese Buddhist sūtra on repaying kindness with no known Sanskrit text. One booklet, five panels of frontispiece, one panel of imperial cartouche, and one panel of text remaining. Five lines per page, fifteen characters per line. Height 36.4 cm, width 12.5 cm.

大方廣佛華嚴經卷第五十一殘（唐實叉那陀等譯）
Dàfāngguǎng Fó Huáyán Jīng Juǎn Dì Wǔshíyī, Cán (Táng Shíchānuótuó děng yì)
Buddhāvataṃsaka­-nāma­-mahā­vaipulya­-sūtra (The Great, Corrective, and Expansive Scripture Which Is Named the Garland of Buddhas) Vol. 51, tr. Śikṣānanda et al., Fragmentary
Date uncertain, possibly Qing dynasty.
Eighty-volume edition of the famous Mahāyāna Buddhist sūtra, translated by Śikṣānanda et al. in the Tang dynasty. One booklet, five panels of frontispiece and one panel of imperial cartouche remaining. Cover has Thousand-Character Classic numbering lí 黎 one. Height 31.5 cm, folio width 11.5 cm.

阿彌陀佛接引念佛善人往生西方
Ēmítuófó Jiēyín Niànfó Shànrén Wǎngshēng Xīfāng
Amitābha Bringing Good People Who Recite His Name to be Reborn in the Western Paradise
Qing dynasty.
Published by Dinghu Sūtra Workshop, Zhaoqin, Guangzhou Province.
Print depicting Amitābha bringing pious followers to Sukhāvatī. Three copies. Height 60.2 cm, width 29.2 cm.

佛説大藏血盆經
Fóshuō Dàzàng Xuèpén Jīng
The Orthodox Blood-Bowl Sūtra, as Preached by the Buddha
Date uncertain, possibly Qing dynasty.
Dating: Seal in front attributes the text to a Yuan’en Temple, which was established in the Zhiyuan era (1264-1294) of the Yuan dynasty and subsequently expanded in the Qing dynasty. This sūtra may have been created after one of these expansions.
Published by Yuan’en Temple 圓恩寺. Written by Xuan Fang (possibly Xuanfang) 宣方.
Handwritten copy of the apocryphal Chinese sūtra. Five lines per page, fourteen characters per line. Height 26.5 cm, folio width 10.5 cm.

光華寳懺
Guānghuá Bǎo Chàn
Jeweled Repentance Liturgy of the Flower of Light
Date uncertain, possibly Qing dynasty.
Apparently part of a now-obscure repentance liturgy. Six lines per page, six characters per line. Height 31.3 cm, folio width 13 cm.

摩訶般若波羅蜜多心經
Móhē Bōrě Bōluómìduō Xīn Jīng
Mahāprajñāpāramitāhṛdaya Sūtra (Sūtra of the Heart of the Great Perfection of Wisdom)
On loan from Professor Zhiru Ng of Pomona College.
Reprinted in 2014. Original Ming dynasty.
Publisher: Zhao Junzhen, Long Kuang Digital Culture Co., Ltd.,  Xinbei, Taiwan
Recreation of indigo-paper manuscript illuminated in gold ink. Five lines per page, fifteen characters per line. Height 25.6 cm, width 9.9 cm.

目連救母出身全傳一卷
Mùlián Jiù Mǔ Chū Shēn Quán Zhuàn Yì Juǎn
The Complete Tale of How Mulian Devoted His Life to Saving His Mother, one volume. (Online-only)
Qing dynasty, 18th century.
Published by Shulin Dexiu Tang 書林德秀堂, Master Shouzhen 守貞主人.
Book elaborating on the popular Buddhist legend of how Mùlián (Chinese name of Buddha’s disciple Maudgalyāyana) saved his mother. Twelve lines per page, twenty characters per line. Height 32.5 cm, width 12 cm.

千手千眼觀世音菩薩廣大圓滿無礙大悲心懺殘
Qiānshǒu Qiānyǎn Guānshìyīn Púsà Guǎngdà Yuánmǎn Wú'ài Dàbēi Xīn Chàn, Cán
Repentance Liturgy of the Vast, Perfect, Unimpeded, and Great-Compassionate Heart of the Thousand-Handed Thousand-Eyed Bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara, Fragmentary
Qing dynasty, c. 1719.
Repentance liturgy based on a similarly named sūtra. One book, six panels of frontispiece and one panel of text remaining. Five lines per page, fifteen characters per line. Height 32.5 cm, folio width 12 cm.

清凉山志（元）
Qīngliáng Shān Zhì (Yuán)
Record of Mount Qingliang Book 1
Reprinted Qing dynasty,  1755. Original Ming dynasty, 1596.
Printer: Qi Fengyuan, Huaiyin, modern-day Jiangsu Province
Nine lines per page, twenty characters per line. Height 25.3 cm, width 16.3 cm.

央掘魔羅經卷第一
Yāngjuémóluó Jīng Juán Dì Yī
Aṅgulimālīya Sūtra Vol 1.
Northern Song dynasty, 1090.
Published by Dongchan Dengjue Temple, Fuzhou, Fujian Province.
First volume of the Chinese version of the Aṅgulimālīya Sūtra. Six lines per page, seventeen characters per line. Height 24.3 cm, folio width 11.4 cm.

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