Texts from the Buddhist canon : commonly known as Dhammapada

PEEFACE
CHINESE VERSION OF DHAMMAPADA.
There are four principal copies of Dhammapada in
Chinese. The first, approaching most nearly to the P§,li,
was made by a Shaman " Wei-chi-lan " (and oth'ers), who
lived during the Wu dynasty, about the beginning of the
third century of the Christian era. As this is the earliest
version, we will consider it first.
The title by which it is known is Fa-Tcheu-King^
that is, " The Sutra of Law Verses." The symbol kluu
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