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mu08 / Catalog number 2-1398 / Volume 008

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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Focuses on the Yongle Northern Canon text layout; whether it includes variant illustrations, prefaces, colophons, or other image content needs to be verified on specific pages.

Responsibility Info

Translated by Dharmarakṣa (Zhu Fahu) of the Western Jin; title, classification and volume code follow the Shandong Provincial Library Yongle Northern Canon catalog record.

Format & Dimensions

This volume contains 32 pages. Thousand-character volume code: mu08. Yongle Northern Canon volume images.

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Title, classification, thousand-character volume code and catalog number follow the Shandong Provincial Library Yongle Northern Canon catalog record; internal colophons, inscriptions and end-of-volume information await further verification against the pages.

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Shandong Provincial Library · Yongle Northern Canon catalog number: 2-1398 Thousand-character volume code: mu08 Catalog classification: Yongle Northern Canon / Mahayana Sutras / Retranslated sūtras outside the Five Divisions Part of: The Saddharmapuṇḍarīka Sūtra in ten juan Shandong Provincial Library Yongle Northern Canon source link: https://dzj.sdlib.cn/#/homeDetails/2-1398/050801050106

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