• Fangguang bore boluomi jing (The pañcaviṃśati sāhasrikā [mahā]prajñāpāramitā, Perfection of wisdom sūtra, radiating light)
  放光般若波羅蜜經

Contributor:

• Chinese Rare Books Project

Publisher:

• [Tang i.e. between 618 and 907]
• [唐 i.e. between 618 and 907]

Edition:

• [Tang xie jing].
• [唐寫經].

Extent:

• 1 v. ; 26 cm.

Format:

• Book

Description:

• Library's copy imperfect: juan 10 only, missing some text.
• Origional Gillis call number TC513/66/.dcde; shelved with: DS797.28.D864P85.
• 卷末鈐"瓜沙州六聖印"朱文印.
• 書名據卷尾題"放光般若波羅蜜經卷第十".
• 參見屈萬里編著《普林斯敦大學葛斯德東方圖書館中文善本書志》.
• 僅存卷十, 卷首有缺.
• 框内高19.3公分, 每行17字.
• 此殘卷内容分"摩訶般若波羅蜜放光經供養品第卅四"(四百二十五字, 有缺字), "摩訶般若波羅蜜放光經持品第卅五"(一千二百五十三字), "摩訶般若波羅蜜放光經遣異道士品第卅六"(一千零二十八字), "摩訶般若波羅蜜放光經无二品第卅七"(一千五百五十字).
• 是卷疑為出敦煌石窟.
• 卷子裝, 共十紙, 每張約五十公分, 首張及末張均殘.

Subject:

• Zi bu—Shi jia lei—Yi jing
• 子部—釋家類—譯經.

Edm rights:

• Copyright Not Evaluated

View in catalog:

• https://catalog.princeton.edu/catalog/9938616093506421

Curator's notes:

• Classical Chinese
  China, circa 650–720?, paper

  The discovery in Dunhuang, China in 1900 of a walled-off cave with thousands of manuscripts prompted an international race to acquire its contents, and the works found their way to collections all over the world. One such scroll was acquired by Guion Gest, later founder of Princeton’s Chinese collections. It is a Buddhist sūtra dating to the seventh century, exemplifying the paper scroll form.

  East Asian Library Special Collections, DS797.28.D864 P85 Peald S1

  For further reading

  Chen Huaiyu, and Nancy Norton Tomasko. “Chinese-language texts from Dunhuang and Turfan in the Princeton University East Adian Library.” East Asian Library Journal 14, no. 2 (2010): 1-208. Entry G. 025. Accessed May 20, 2025. https://eal.lib.princeton.edu/EALJ/chen_huaiyu.EALJ.v14.n02.p001.pdf

Exhibit category:

• From bamboo to printed paper
• The East Asian tradition
• Scroll