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A Translation Of The T'Äi Shang Pao Hsun The Precious Teachings Of The Exalted One, Roland Hong

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

There is a book printed in Chinese by Yeh Mung Tau during the reign of Kan Lung 1736 to 1796 in which he states that he found these documents in a Buddhist Monastery though he was unable to find the originals. The title of this book is the T'al Shang Ken-Ying Pien Chih Chiang Treatise of the Exalted one on Response and Retribution, with Commentery. It is a collection of treatises which deals with the same subjects as the teachings of Lao Tzu. Ce of the treatises in that voluse is entitled T'ai Shang Ch'u Paa Hun (A), the Precious …