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OpenSutra has currently organized the published fascicles of this work under “Yongle Beizang/Local Writings”; image sources and catalogue numbers are listed in each fascicle record. It can be understood as Buddhist authored literature and usually has value for intellectual history, sectarian history, and the transmission of editions. The value of Buddhist authored literature often lies in preserving the exegetical traditions of particular authors, sects, or eras. Here the readable fascicles of “Annotations and Explanatory Notes on the Sutra of Requesting Avalokitesvara, four fascicles” are compiled in the original catalogue order; they are suitable for consultation by fascicle sequence, catalogue number, thousand-character fascicle number, or title. Missing fascicles note: the work's catalogue lists 4 fascicles in total; currently 2 fascicles have not been published due to missing source images—missing Volume 003 (catalogue number 2-5874, thousand-character fascicle number 法04) and Volume 004 (catalogue number 2-5875, thousand-character fascicle number 法05). Links to fascicle sources are kept with each fascicle record; the current source link: https://dzj.sdlib.cn/#/homeDetails/2-5873/0508010511 Related author/translator information: 宋智圆述。