雙語科技百科(手工業) 第69期:《金剛經》
The Diamond Sutra
The oldest extant printed book with a specific date in our country as well as in the world is the Diamond Sutra. The block-printed Diamond Sutra , printed in the ninth year of Xiantong of the Tang Dynasty (868) , is a Buddhist scripture scroll which is some 16 meters long and made up of 6 bonded equal-sized pieces of paper with the Buddhist scripture on them. At the beginning of the scroll is a picture entitled the Garden of the Benefactor of the Orphans and Solitary, in which Gautama Buddha gives Dharma teachings in the Jetavana Vihara; on the rest of the scroll is written the text of the Diamond Sutra with an in scription which reads " On 15 , April in the ninth year of Xiantong, Wang Jie printed the book for the sake of beseeching blessings for his parents". The world-renowned Diamond Sutra , initially hidden in the Gtianfo Cave of Dunhuang Grottos in Gansu Province, was discovered in 1899 and then purchased illegally by an Englishman Stein in 1907. It is now collected in the British Museum in London.
我國及世界現存最早的有明確日期的印刷書是《金剛經》。《金剛經》是雕版印刷，印成於唐鹹通九年(868)，它是一部長約16米的佛教經卷，由6張尺寸一致的印有經文的紙張粘接而成。卷首有一幅題爲《祗樹給孤獨園》的同畫，面着釋迦牟尼佛在祗園精舍說法的故事，其餘爲《金剛經》全文，題有“鹹通九年四月十五日王玢爲二親敬造普施”一行。這卷舉世聞名的《金剛經》，原藏甘肅敦煌千佛洞，1899年發現，1907年被英人斯坦因盜去，現藏倫敦不列顛博物館。
