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Mid- 9th century

Admonitions to the Monks (Subcommentary on the Quadripartite Pratimoksa by Sramana Hui)

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This text, written in a combination of standard script and semicursive script calligraphy, outlines rules of mental and physical discipline for monks. The red check marks that appear throughout the text were notations made by a priest at the Qianyuan Temple at Shazhou (Dunhuang).

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