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OpenSutra The currently published fascicles of this work have been organized under “Yongle Beizang / Ming additions to the Canon (Collections)”; image sources and catalogue numbers are listed in the individual fascicle records. It can be placed among Buddhist authored treatises and usually has value for intellectual history, sectarian history, and the study of textual circulation. The value of Buddhist authored treatises often lies in preserving the interpretive traditions of particular authors, schools, or periods. Here the readable fascicles of the Treatise on the Original Persons of the Avatamsaka are gathered in the order of the original catalogue, suitable for consulting by fascicle number, catalogue number, thousand-character booklet number, or title. Missing fascicles: This work’s catalogue comprises 5 fascicles, of which 4 fascicles have not yet been published due to missing source images: missing fascicle 001 (no. 2-6531, thousand-character booklet number 兹01), fascicle 002 (no. 2-6532, thousand-character booklet number 兹02), fascicle 003 (no. 2-6533, thousand-character booklet number 兹03), fascicle 005 (no. 2-6535, thousand-character booklet number 兹05). Links to fascicle source records are preserved with each fascicle; current source link: https://dzj.sdlib.cn/#/homeDetails/2-6534/0508010512 Related author/translator information: Attributed to Tang Zongmi.