"Amitabha!" Master Hengfa stretched out his hand and wiped his forehead. He was so nervous that he was sweating: "I have found him!"

"How about we go out and chat first? It's a bit boring here..." Master Qiao said.

"Well, go out and let me get some scriptures so that I can give my testimony when I get back."

After selecting three volumes of scripture, everyone exited through the small hole.

The light outside the cave is pretty good, so each of the three of us has a book, so we can hug our eyes first.

The Kangxi calligraphy is very precise and has the flavor of the regular calligraphy of the Heart Sutra written by Wen Zhengming when he was 83 years old. The knot characters are slightly flat, which is close to the small regular script of Zhao Mengfu.

Generally, there will not be too much printing on the withered block, because as the number of printing increases, the edge of the handwriting on the withered block will wear out and lose its original flavor.

The edition in our hands is very well preserved, and the edges of the edges are perfectly rubbed. Zhou Zhi has done a thorough understanding of the Qianlong Tripitaka, and made more than 79,000 editions in total, and only one edition was printed. There are one hundred and fifty volumes, which are very well preserved.

The Jiachuan version of the Qianlong Tripitaka was actually the last one printed in volume.

The font is beautiful and the carving is exquisite. More than 860 craftsmen, working in three dynasties before and after, are like one person.

After the scrolls were transported to Fawang Temple, it seemed that they had hardly been turned over. In addition, the storage conditions of the Buddhist scripture building of Fawang Temple and the stone chamber of Lotus Peak Bodhisattva Cave were very perfect, so these scrolls were almost kept where they were printed. In the state of the day, you can even hear the sound of paper crisping when the pages of the album are turned.

"What a pity..." Zhou Zhi shook his head and sighed.

"Why did you say this, dear brother?" Mr. Qiao, holding ancient books in his hands, became insane again and began to play classical Chinese.

Zhou Zhi decided not to tolerate him this time: "For this year's National Book Award, there will be a photocopy of the Qianlong Tripitaka released as a book. I have read in the news that the Guanghua Temple master copy used for photocopying is not as well preserved as ours. "

"If we could find out one or two years in advance, where would they have anything to do with them?"

"Speaking of this, I remembered something..." Hengfa asked: "Elbows, these things should be considered cultural relics, right?"

"That's for sure. Although it is a printed matter between the 17th and 18th years of Guangxu's reign, it is also... eh? It just so happens that this year is the 100th anniversary of the birth of this set of scriptures!"

"So now that we have found this sutra, let's call it God's will..." Master Hengfa said again: "But if it is a cultural relic, won't this thing be able to stay in Fawang Temple in the end?"

"Uh... it is indeed possible." Zhou Zhi nodded: "From the perspective of protection, restoration and exhibition popularization, the best home for this set of books is of course the province or even the national museum."

Then he rolled his eyes: "But this set of scriptures has a great relationship with Fawang Temple, so you can ask Abbot Cixiang to find some benefits from the county, or even the city or province!"

"What good can it do?"

"That's too much. For example, if you can't keep the original, you have to get a set of photocopies to replace it? And if the sutra cabinets in the Sutra Pavilion are to be taken away, do they also need to have a replica set in the Sutra Pavilion? Save it internally?”

"For example, can we take this opportunity to vigorously promote Dharma King Temple? Let us tell you that Dharma King Temple is in urgent need of repairs. We hope that governments at all levels and people from all walks of life can help?"

"Being poor and asking for alms is your monk's specialty. Why do you ask me about it instead?"

"Ah, this... our Fawang Monastery combines agriculture and Zen, and pays attention to a self-reliant person who has enough food and clothing..."

"Yes, this fine revolutionary tradition cannot be thrown away at any cost... Wait, you are religious people, you can't talk about this..."

The few of them talked about it for a while, and suddenly they realized that it was the great monk Cixiang of Fawang Temple who made the decision, while Zhou Zhi was a non-staff member of a cultural center. When his godfather praised him in the cultural management work report, he always wrote "In

With the joint efforts of relevant parties..."

So their mission has actually been successfully completed, and they can't interfere with the rest.

So the final result is that Master Hengfa cooks, Zhou Zhi and Master Qiao get back into the cave and count the bamboo boxes.

The Chinese Tripitaka is a major cultural project that has been compiled throughout the Chinese dynasties since the time of Emperor Wu of Liang Dynasty.

Starting from the earliest "Catalog of Sutras" of Hualin Garden in Liang Dynasty, to the Shu version of "Kai Baobao" in the Northern Song Dynasty, the "Jin Zang" and "Zhao Cheng Zang" of the Jurchen regime in the late Northern Song Dynasty, the "Yuan Guan Zang" of the Yuan Dynasty, and the official "Zang Zang" of the Ming Dynasty.

The Yongle Southern Tibetan Collection, the Yongle Northern Tibetan Collection, the folk Jiaxing Tibetan Collection, and the Qianlong Tibetan Collection of the Qing Dynasty are a systematic and orderly cultural project.

The orderly inheritance of the Chinese Tibetan Collection can be seen from just one characteristic - no matter whether it is government-run or private-run, the main Tibetan collections throughout the dynasties have been organized according to the "Thousand-Character Text".

Among all the Tibetan scriptures, the earliest and authoritative catalog and manuscript is the "Zhaocheng Jinzang", and the most comprehensive "Jingshan Zang".

Other better versions include Fangshan Stone Sutra, Zifu Zang, Puning Zang, Yongle Zang, etc.

Of course, the "Qianlong Collection" is also among them, and there is also a set of foreign scripture collections - the "Korea Collection" during the Goryeo Dynasty, based on the "Kai Bao Bao", "Khitan Collection", and "Xu Zhen Yuan Lu"

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The current Jiachuan version of the "Longzang Sutra" is actually what academic circles often call the "Qingzang". It was compiled on the basis of the Ming Dynasty's "Yongle Beizang" and is divided into two parts: the "Main Zang" and the "Extended Zang".

parts.

Although part of it was officially banned and destroyed, there are still 485 letters in the main collection and 239 letters in the extended collection.

The two Tibetans collect 724 letters, more than 1,000 volumes, and more than 7,000 volumes.

After counting, the bamboo box opened contained seventy-two volumes of scriptures.

When counting the bamboo boxes, there were exactly one hundred and eight.

If seventy-two volumes of scriptures are the average number of a bamboo box, then the capacity of one hundred and eight boxes is almost the entire number of volumes of the "Longzang Sutra".

The next step was to re-seal it. I was careful and careful. I felt that there might be some way to use the hay used to press the bottom of the box and cover the scriptures in the box, so I took some of it.

After exiting the cave entrance, the two sealed the small hole they had just pulled out. Mr. Qiao used the accumulated water in the tank to mix mud and seal the gap.

Zhou Zhi came to Hengfa with hay and said, "Master, do you know this?"

"This is Guanglingxiang. Isn't there a large area under the nanmu forest in the back mountain? Xiangji Kitchen uses it to marinate dried tofu and you said it's delicious. Why did you forget it?"

"Huh?" Zhou Zhi said happily: "Then why did Zen Master Yuanxiu use it to line the bookcase?"

"It should be for repelling insects." Hengfa said: "I know this stuff can repel roundworms. Take a decoction before going to bed. For children, use the young leaves to steam eggs. The effect is very good."

"I'm afraid roundworms and silverfish are not the same thing," Zhou Zhi thought for a while and put away the spiritual herb. "We'll ask the experts after we get out of the mountain. But the scriptures we read are indeed well preserved and there are no traces of insects."

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"Well, come here for dinner, that's enough. It's a good place to spend the night. We'll go back to the temple tomorrow. The master in charge is so happy when he finds out!"

Zhou Zhi looked out at the abyss, feeling a little scared: "Sleep here...it's a little different from Guanyin Cliff..."


Chapter completed!