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Mu04 / Catalogue number 2-1394 / Volume 004

The work "The True Lotus Sutra, ten fascicles" is listed in the Yongle Northern Canon catalogue and is currently included under "Yongle Northern Canon / Mahayana Sutras / Re-translated Sutras Outside the Five Great Divisions." It can be provisionally regarded as a Buddhist text in the Yongle Northern Canon catalogue; further details require close reading of the front matter and the main text. OpenSutra has organized readable volumes in the original catalogue order; specific image sources are indicated in each volume record. The catalogue for this work comprises 10 volumes; currently 1 volume has not been published due to missing images: Volume 002 (catalogue number 2-1392, thousand-character volume number 木02).

OpenSutra Currently the published volumes of this work are organized under "Yongle Northern Canon / Mahayana Sutras / Re-translated Sutras Outside the Five Great Divisions," with image sources and catalogue numbers listed in each volume record. It can be provisionally regarded as a Buddhist text in the Yongle Northern Canon catalogue; further details require close examination of the front matter and the main text. The precise nature of such materials should be further verified according to the title, author/translator, inscriptions at the beginning of the fascicle, and the main text. Here the readable volumes of "The True Lotus Sutra, ten fascicles" are gathered in the original catalogue order, suitable for consulting by volume sequence, catalogue number, thousand-character volume number, or title. Notes on missing volumes: The catalogue for this work comprises 10 volumes; currently 1 volume has not been published due to missing source images — missing Volume 002 (catalogue number 2-1392, thousand-character volume number 木02). Links to the source of each volume are preserved with each record; current source link: https://dzj.sdlib.cn/#/homeDetails/2-1400/050801050106 Related translator information: Translated by Faxiu of the Western Jin (竺法护).
Published: Jun 13, 2026
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Uses the Yongle Northern Canon text layout as primary; whether it includes variant illustrations, colophons, title plaques, or other image content needs to be verified on specific pages.

Responsibility Info

Translated by Dharmaraksha (Zhu Fahu) of the Western Jin; title, classification, and volume number are based on the Shandong Provincial Library's Yongle Northern Canon catalogue records.

Format & Dimensions

This volume has 32 pages. Thousand-character volume code: Mu04. Yongle Northern Canon subvolume images.

Colophon

Title, classification, thousand-character volume code, and catalogue number are according to the Shandong Provincial Library's Yongle Northern Canon catalogue records; internal title plaques, colophons, and scroll-end information await further verification against the pages.

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Shandong Provincial Library · Yongle Northern Canon catalogue number: 2-1394 Thousand-character volume code: Mu04 Catalogue classification: Yongle Northern Canon / Mahayana Sutras / Sutras retranslated outside the Five Major Divisions Parent work: Saddharmapundarika Sutra in Ten Volumes Shandong Provincial Library Yongle Northern Canon source link: https://dzj.sdlib.cn/#/homeDetails/2-1394/050801050106

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