A kind of site identification rock with
characters carved and painted red.
The left 4 characters read starting
from top right: Tian Xia Qing Gui
This means:
The Pure Rules Under Heaven
and is a reference to Baizhang's
well-known monastery rules that he
was said to be the first to lay down for
a Zen monastery. The text of this is
lost I believe, and has never seen the
light of day, or been translated out of
Chinese.
characters carved and painted red.
The left 4 characters read starting
from top right: Tian Xia Qing Gui
This means:
The Pure Rules Under Heaven
and is a reference to Baizhang's
well-known monastery rules that he
was said to be the first to lay down for
a Zen monastery. The text of this is
lost I believe, and has never seen the
light of day, or been translated out of
Chinese.
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