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1968-227-1

manuscript, ink on paper

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Title

Admonitions to the Monks (si fen jei ben shu)

Date

800 to 900

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Dunhuang Mogao

Measurement

height 29.8 centimetres, width 1056 centimetres

Language / script

Chinese (script) Chinese (lang.)

Description

Scope and content : 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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DHMG.

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Short description : Mogao Caves near Dunhuang

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