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“Responsive Manifestation Deeds of Tathagata Shakyamuni” is also often regarded as an illustrated Buddhist biography and popular storybook, using parallel images and text to systematically narrate the responsive manifestation deeds of Shakyamuni from birth, renunciation, and enlightenment to nirvana. Its content can be compared with Buddhist biographies, miracle tales from sutras and vinaya, and temple mural imagery, and it had wide influence in Qing dynasty popular and temple circulation. This item is a Tongzhi-era printed edition bound in four volumes, suitable for research on Buddhist woodblock prints, Buddhist biographical narrative, and late Qing printed editions.