Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v1.c7.s5.t10.22

v1.c7.s5.t10.22

In 1942, Japanese scholar Adachi Kiroku published a Japanese translation and annotation of the book in Tokyo and supplemented with the original Chinese version at the same time. The title was still Datang Xiyu Qiufa Gaoseng Zhuan. In the preface, he said that the master copy he adopted was the carving copy in Kaiyuan Temple in 18^th year (1148 CE) of Shaoxing in Southern Song Dynasty that is the so-called Piluzang in later ages, which was hidden in the library of Ministry of Imperial Household. It seemed that Adachi Kiroku had made comparisons between this version and Gaolizang, Huangbozang and other versions. However, there were quite a few mistakes in the edition of Kiroku due to separated sentences and phrases, and for the lack of check in record. Many notes in the book were not entirely right.