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The Jingang Bore Boluomi Jing was translated by the Tripiṭaka master Kumārajīva of the Later Qin and is one of the most influential scriptures in the Prajñā section of Chinese Buddhism. The scripture begins with Subhūti’s inquiry and centers on how bodhisattvas should arouse the mind, abide, and subdue their minds, emphasizing Prajñā principles such as freedom from characteristics, non-abiding, non-self, and the absence of dharma characteristics. It has had profound influence on Chan Buddhism, Pure Land practice, literati writing, and the dissemination of woodblock printing. Because the Tang Xiantong ninth-year edition explicitly records its printing date in the colophon, it has long been regarded as an important artifact in the history of woodblock printing and Buddhist textual circulation. This item is a high-brightness image edition suitable for comparison with standard image versions in order to identify details, ink gradations, plate wear, and the structure of the frontispiece illustration.