The Shaolin Monastery. History, Religion and the Chinese Martial Arts

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(5) 1875 manuscript edition. Photographic reproduction titled The Illustrated
Sinews Transformation Classic (Huituben Yijin jing 㐾೪ᴀᯧㄟ15点), in the series Jing-
dian wuxue xilie 15点݌℺ᅌ㋏߫. Taipei: Yiwen, 2000. The postscript by Zining dao-
ren is undated.


(6) 1884 printed edition titled The Meaning of the Sinews Transformation Classic
(Yijin jing yi ᯧㄟ15点㕽), included in vol. 34 of the Collected Books from the Sweeping
Leaves Mountain Residence (Saoye shan fang ෑ㨝ቅ᠓). The postscript by Zining dao-
ren is dated Tianqi ໽ଳWh year, jiazi ⬆ᄤ (1624). Judging by another postscript,
this edition was based on an earlier 1825 edition collated by one Zhu Wenlan 巾᭛
☒. Copy at the Shanghai Library.

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