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Dian04 / ID 2-3804 / Volume 004

The "Sutra and Treatise Asked by Bodhisattva Maitreya, seven fascicles" appears in the Yongle Northern Canon catalogue and is currently classified under "Yongle Northern Canon/Mahayana Treatises." It can first be understood within the corpus of treatises or exegetical literature, with emphasis on doctrinal analysis, terminological organization, and transmission interpretation. OpenSutra Readable fascicles have been organized according to the original catalogue order; specific image sources are indicated in each fascicle record. This work consists of 7 fascicles in the catalogue; currently 3 fascicles are not published due to missing images: fascicle 001 (number 2-3801, thousand-character booklet number 颠01), fascicle 002 (number 2-3802, thousand-character booklet number 颠02), fascicle 007 (number 2-3807, thousand-character booklet number 颠07).

OpenSutra Currently the published fascicles of this work are organized under "Yongle Northern Canon/Mahayana Treatises," with image sources and catalogue numbers listed in each fascicle record. It can first be understood within the corpus of treatises or exegetical literature, with emphasis on doctrinal analysis, terminological organization, and transmission interpretation. Treatises and exegetical works typically develop Buddhist doctrine through question-and-answer, adjudication, or line-by-line explanation. Here the readable fascicles of the "Sutra and Treatise Asked by Bodhisattva Maitreya, seven fascicles" are collected in the original catalogue order, suitable for consultation by fascicle number, catalogue number, thousand-character booklet number, or title. Missing fascicle note: This work consists of 7 fascicles in the catalogue; currently 3 fascicles are not published due to missing source images: fascicle 001 (number 2-3801, thousand-character booklet number 颠01), fascicle 002 (number 2-3802, thousand-character booklet number 颠02), fascicle 007 (number 2-3807, thousand-character booklet number 颠07). Fascicle source links are preserved with each fascicle record; current source link: https://dzj.sdlib.cn/#/homeDetails/2-3806/0508010507 Related author/translator information: Translated by 元魏菩提留支。
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The Yongle Beizang page layout is taken as primary; whether it contains variant plates, inscriptions, colophons, or other image content requires further verification against the specific pages.

Responsibility Info

Translated by Bodhiruci during the Northern Wei; title, classification and folio number are according to the Shandong Provincial Library Yongle Beizang cataloging.

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This volume contains 42 pages. Thousand-character folio number: Dian04. Yongle Beizang fascicle images.

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Title, classification, thousand-character folio number and catalog ID are recorded according to the Shandong Provincial Library's Yongle Beizang catalog; internal colophons, inscriptions and end-of-roll information await further verification against the page images.

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Shandong Provincial Library · Yongle Beizang catalog ID: 2-3804 Thousand-character folio number: Dian04 Catalog classification: Yongle Beizang / Mahayana Treatises Parent work: Maitreya Bodhisattva's Questions: Sutra and Treatise, Seven Fascicles Shandong Provincial Library Yongle Beizang source link: https://dzj.sdlib.cn/#/homeDetails/2-3804/0508010507

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