Zürcher, Erik. “Han Buddhism and the Western Region.” In Thought and Law in Qin and Han China: Studies Dedicated to Anthony Hulsewé on the Occasion of His Eightieth Birthday, edited by W. L. Idema and E. Zurcher, 158–182. Leiden: Brill, 1990.
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Zürcher notes that the Sishi'er zhang jing 四十二章經 T784 is quoted in a memorial submitted by Xiang Kai in 166 AD, and in the Feng fa yao 奉法要 by Xi Chao. Early quotations show that "even the most primitive extant version is rather different from the Han original." |
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