Transcriber’s Notes.

This is an English translation of the Chinese version available at: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/24098.

The original printed text scans can be found at: https://hdl.handle.net/2027/umn.319510013625058.

The cover image was created by the transcriber and is placed in the public domain.

The text is from a 24 page article in the 1864 Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britian and Ireland.

Textual notes:

  1. Footnotes have been moved to the end of the book.
  2. Headings “Introduction” and “Sútra” have been added.
  3. Obvious typos have been corrected.