record of buddhistic kingdoms-第32章

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＇16＇　There　is　an　error　of　date　here；　for　which　it　is　difficult　to　account。　The　year　Keah…yin　was　A。D。　414；　but　that　was　the　tenth　year　of　the　period　E…he；　and　not　the　twelfth；　the　cyclical　designation　of　which　was　Ping…shin。　According　to　the　preceding　paragraph；　Fa…hien's　travels　had　occupied　him　fifteen　years；　so　that　counting　from　A。D。　399；　the　year　Ke…hae；　as　that　in　which　he　set　out；　the　year　of　his　getting　to　Ts'ing…chow　would　have　been　Kwei…chow；　the　ninth　year　of　the　period　E…he；　and　we　might　join　on　〃This　year　Keah…yin〃　to　that　paragraph；　as　the　date　at　which　the　narrative　was　written　out　for　the　bamboo…tablets　and　the　silk；　and　then　begins　the　Envoy；　〃In　the　twelfth　year　of　E…he。〃　This　would　remove　the　error　as　it　stands　at　present；　but　unfortunately　there　is　a　particle　at　the　end　of　the　second　date　（｛。｝）；　which　seems　to　tie　the　twelfth　year　of　E…he　to　Keah…yin；　as　another　designation　of　it。　The　〃year…star〃　is　the　planet　Jupiter；　the　revolution　of　which；　in　twelve　years；　constitutes　〃a　great　year。〃　Whether　it　would　be　possible　to　fix　exactly　by　mathematical　calculation　in　what　year　Jupiter　was　in　the　Chinese　zodiacal　sign　embracing　part　of　both　Virgo　and　Scorpio；　and　thereby　help　to　solve　the　difficulty　of　the　passage；　I　do　not　know；　and　in　the　meantime　must　leave　that　difficulty　as　I　have　found　it。

＇17＇　We　do　not　know　who　the　writer　of　the　Envoy　was。　〃The　winter　study　or　library〃　would　be　the　name　of　the　apartment　in　his　monastery　or　house；　where　he　sat　and　talked　with　Fa…hien。





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