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Catalog number 2-1412 / Volume No. 002

The "Sutra of the Sorrowful Flower, ten volumes" appears in the Yongle Northern Tripitaka catalogue and is currently classified under "Yongle Northern Tripitaka / Mahayana Sutras / Re-translated Sutras outside the Five Major Sections." It can be initially understood as a Buddhist work listed in the Yongle Northern Tripitaka catalogue; further content requires close reading of the volume heads and the main text. OpenSutra has organized readable fascicles in the original catalogue order; specific image sources follow each fascicle record. This work's catalogue comprises 10 fascicles, and currently 2 fascicles have not been released due to missing images: fascicle 003 (ID 2-1413, thousand-character fascicle number 及03) and fascicle 009 (ID 2-1419, thousand-character fascicle number 及09).

OpenSutra The currently published fascicles of this work are organized under "Yongle Northern Tripitaka / Mahayana Sutras / Re-translated Sutras outside the Five Major Sections," with image sources and catalogue numbers listed in each fascicle record. It can be initially understood as a Buddhist work in the Yongle Northern Tripitaka catalogue; further content still requires careful comparison with the volume heads and the main text. The precise nature of such documents should be further verified according to the title, author/translator, volume head inscriptions, and the content of the main text. Here the readable fascicles of the "Sutra of the Sorrowful Flower, ten volumes" are gathered in the original catalogue order, suitable for consultation by fascicle number, catalogue number, thousand-character fascicle number, or title. Missing fascicles: This work's catalogue comprises 10 fascicles; currently 2 fascicles have not been released due to missing source images: missing fascicle 003 (ID 2-1413, thousand-character fascicle number 及03) and missing fascicle 009 (ID 2-1419, thousand-character fascicle number 及09). Fascicle source links are saved with each fascicle record; current source links: https://dzj.sdlib.cn/#/homeDetails/2-1416/050801050106 Related author/translator information: translated by Tan Wuchen of Northern Liang.
Published: Jun 13, 2026
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Image Info

Primarily based on the Yongle Northern Canon text layout; whether it contains variant images, dedicatory inscriptions, colophons, or other image content needs to be further verified against specific pages.

Responsibility Info

Translated by Tan Wuchen of Northern Liang; title, classification and volume number recorded according to the Shandong Provincial Library Yongle Northern Canon catalog.

Format & Dimensions

This volume contains 40 pages. Thousand-character volume number: 及02. Images of the Yongle Northern Canon subvolume.

Colophon

Title, classification, thousand-character volume number and catalog number are recorded according to the Shandong Provincial Library Yongle Northern Canon catalog; internal colophons, inscriptions and end-of-volume information require further verification against the pages.

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Shandong Provincial Library · Yongle Northern Canon catalog number: 2-1412 Thousand-character volume number: 及02 Catalog classification: Yongle Northern Canon / Mahayana Sutras / Re-translated Sutras Outside the Five Great Divisions Parent work: Beihua Sutra, Ten Volumes Shandong Provincial Library Yongle Northern Canon source link: https://dzj.sdlib.cn/#/homeDetails/2-1412/050801050106

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