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Admonitions to the Monks (si fen jei ben shu)
Date
800 to 900
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Measurement
height 29.8 centimetres, width 1056 centimetres
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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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