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Various Buddhist Canons published in China or abroad
during the Sung period. (960-1279)
1)The 1st Korean ed. 1020/21-1099
*2)The 2nd " ed. 1236-1251
3)The Khitan ed. (1031-1050)
4) The Chin ed. Shansi (1141-1189)
*5) The Tung - Ch'an -Ssu ed.
(Fu-Chou A; 1080-1112 + later)
6) THe K'ai - Yuan Ch'an - Ssu ed.
(Fu-Chou B, 112-1151 + later
*7) The Ssu-chi ed.
Chakiang; begun in 1132.
8) The Chi-Sha ed
Kiang su; 1231-1363
The Book S.C McMurtrie p. 93 The art of block printing spread into Korea + Japan + also westward
in Asia. But it met in the Mohammedan would, which lay between
Asia + Europe, a seemingly impenetrable barrier. Islam, in
marked contrast to Buddhism, was uncompromisingly opposed
to the reduplication of its sacred writings throuth the medium
of print. The reason for this opposition is not clear, but in all
probability it was simply religious conservatism. The Korean had
been given to the Moslems in writing form, + writing therefore,
was the only means by which it might ever be transmitted. To this day
teh Koran has never been printed from Type in any.
Mohammadan counting; it is always reproduced by lithography.
-The Chinese provence of Szechuen (then known as Shu)
was evidently the center of early (883) printing activities
in China.
Japan - printing with vocable types was indtroduced from Korea +
Macao almost simultaneously in 1590.
form at least the 9th C onward wood blocks - pear wood
-Until 972 the Chinese Canon was preserved in MSS only.

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