Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v1.c6.s2.t3.64

v1.c6.s2.t3.64

Nagarjuna’s Longmu Zonglun 龍木總論is included in a later work Michuan Yanke Longmu Zong Lun 秘傳眼科龍木总論 which secretly passed down comprehensive discourse of Nagarjuna on ophthalmology that appeared around the 13th century CE and was used as standard text for students of ophthalmology till the 16th century CE. Even the standard examination paper for Tai yi ju, the imperial medical service contained excerpts from Nagarjuna’s works.