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The Chinese Diamond Sutra was printed in 868, and the ‘Mugu jeonggwang dae darani-gyeong’ was printed in 751. The oldest surviving printed work is the ‘Mugu jeonggwang dae darani-gyeong’, printed by woodblock in Korea around 751.
A fragment of a dharani print in Sanskrit and Chinese, c. 650–670, Tang dynasty The Great Dharani Sutra, one of the world's oldest surviving woodblock prints, c. 704-751 The intricate frontispiece of the Diamond Sutra from Tang-dynasty China, 868 AD (British Museum), the earliest extant printed text bearing a date of printing Colophon to the Diamond Sutra dating the year of printing to 868
Jiang Xiaowan was the interpreter who accompanied Aurel Stein on his expedition to Dunhuang in 1907 and enabled Stein to secure the purchase of ancient manuscripts, [3] including the Diamond Sutra, the world's oldest dated printed text.
A copy of the Diamond Sutra found at Dunhuang is the earliest surviving full-length book printed at regular size, complete with illustrations embedded within the text and dated precisely to 868. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] Among the earliest documents to be printed were Buddhist texts as well as calendars, the latter essential for calculating and marking which ...
The Chinese Diamond Sūtra, the oldest known dated printed book in the world, British Library Or.8210/P.2. The Library Cave is equally important as a source of rare early images and texts produced by woodblock printing, including the famous Diamond Sutra, the earliest printed book to survive.
Huang Baosheng (Chinese: 黄宝生; July 1942 – 23 March 2023) was a Chinese scholar of Sanskrit and Pali.He is known for having translated into Chinese many Sanskrit and Pali texts, including the Mahabharata, the Bhagavad Gita, the Upanishads, the Lalitavistara Sutra and the Vajracchedikā (Diamond Sutra).
He became famous for burning his commentaries on the Diamond sutra, when he realized that his attachment to these commentaries had become a stumbling block on his way to gaining insight. [27] [note 4] Hisamatsu states it more bluntly: From the Zen perspective, scriptures are nothing but scraps of paper for wiping up filth. [29] [note 5]
The intricate frontispiece of the Diamond Sutra from Tang dynasty China, the world's earliest printed text containing a date of production, AD 868 (British Library) Woodblock printing or block printing is a technique for printing text, images or patterns used widely throughout East Asia and originating in China in antiquity as a method of ...