On Yuan Chwang's Travels in India, 629–645 A.D. v1.c5.9

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² The text is Chuang-ye-ch'ui-t'ung (創業垂統). This is a stock phrase of Chinese literature and occurs, for example, in the 17th ch. of the Shih-Chi as a popular quotation. It or a part of it is often used of T'ang Kao Tsu and his successor although properly it applies only to the former. One writer amplifies the meaning of the expression thus—"Kao Tsu laid the foundation (創業) and established the patrimony (垂統) and T'ai Tsung enlarged and gave peace to the empire". (Ta T'ang-nei-tien-lu ch. 5. Bun. No. 1485).