Dreams, illusion, bubbles and shadows_a doctoral PLR research project

以弘始五年歲在癸卯四月二十三日 。 於京城之北逍遙園中出此經 。 法師手執胡本口宣秦言 。 兩釋異音交辯文旨 。 秦王躬攬舊經 。 驗其得失 。 諮其通途 。 坦其宗致 。 與諸宿舊義業沙門釋慧恭僧䂮僧遷寶度慧精法欽道流僧叡道恢道㯹道恒道悰等五百餘人 。 詳其義旨 。 審其文中 。 然後書之 。 以其年十二月十五日出盡 。 校正檢括 。 明年四月二十三日乃訖 。(from https://deerpark.app/reader/T2145) Upon is an excerpt from the eighth volume of a book  Chu San Zang Ji Ji [出三藏记集] . What was precious in this paragraph is it rebuilds the process of how a sutra was translated. The translation of the above excerpt is seen below: In the 5 th year of Hongshi (A. D. 403),  on 23 rd April (i.e. 24 th June), this sutra was translated in Xiaoyao Garden, a place north to the capital city. The Dharma master held the original sutra in hand, speaking of the Chinese version. The other monks discussed the meaning of each sentence through their own languages. The king of Qin has diligently read the former sutras, and testified the meanings and loss of meanings, inquire about the path of practice and exposes the core concept. The Dharma master carefully analysised ...

the last page of the Diamond Sutra （868）from the idp website The last page of the Diamond Sutra (868) contains a date when this book was printed. The Chinese characters "咸通九年四月十五日王玠为 二亲敬造普施" indicate that this sutra was printed in the late Tang Dynasty on the 15th of April(on lunar calendar, equalling to the 11th May, 868) for the patron's parents. When copying the date, I recalled again the date paintings by On Kawara. His date paintings was related to the 'present' of him, showcase the 'today' and potential movement of his own. However, the other way to form and mark a date, indicates dissimilar understandings of time and space. In other words, to write about a date entails unique perceptions of one's own.  The date of each day, as are uniform today, once has had the potential to tell another story. They are not merely numbers.      On Kawara-Guggenheim Museum  a copy of the date The date when the sutra was made carved on a woodblock, in original Chi...