The printing publication of the Book-format Canon (Fangce Zang), later known as the Jiaxing Canon, was presided over by the monk, Mizang Daokai. The publication process has met with various difficulties in finding a proper monastery to operate the task. It is recorded that the
This document has been overlooked by scholars; hence, this article aims to study it and collates other documents recorded by the literati contemporary to Mizang. The task of this article is to reconstruct the history between Year 14 to 16 of the Wanli Era that reveal the complex networking involved in the publication of the Jiaxing Canon, and to show the genuine efforts made by the monastics for spreading Buddha Dharma.
Keywords:
Mizang Daokai; the Jiaxing Canon; Mount Wutai; Printing Sites; Fu Guang-zhai; Feng Meng-zhen