farfel_n03_053_157

157
Aug. 1983
J.S. Edgren, Carmel.
$30.00
A han ching sutra, with 13-14C. Chinese -Yuan dynasty.
(dating is based on the paper + printing - it is most
litely a privately printed work.)
Format: 6 columns of 17 characters to the page
Border: Single 24.8x11.2cm. Fine paper.
Single page from accordian binding.

Yuan dynasty 1279-1368

THe Buddhist printing of the Tripitake began only a decade
after the Sung dynasty was founded in 960 AD. By the
end of the dynasty in 1279 5 different ed. had been
printed + a 6th was underway. This last one which would
be completed in about 1321 during the Yuan dynasty
was the Chi-sha ed.

In the Yuan dynasty the Mongol emperors of China actively
patronized the printing of Sutras.

Buddhists were the 1st major patrons of printing
Lotas Sutra - 28 chapters
Guanyin Sutra - (Ming, 1423) unlike other Sutras was
fully illustrated.
yuzhi - imperial made.
Beizang (Northern Tripitaka.)
Khubilai Khan (N. 1260-94) proclaimed the new dynastic
title Yuan (begining) for his rule. For the first time
China was completely subjugated by foreign conquerors
+ became part of the vast Mongol empire - capital
Ta-tu (Peking)
Ming 1368-1644 - 1st captial, Nankung (it moved to
Peking in 1421.)