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四十二章經

简四十二章经 · 繁四十二章經

Mandarin · pinyin Sì shí èr Zhāng jīng

The Sutra in Forty-two Sections Spoken by the Buddha, the first Chinese Buddhist text, translated in 67 AD by Kasyapa-Matanga 迦葉摩騰 Jiā yè Mó téng and Gobharana 竺法蘭 Zhú fǎ lán (Dharmaraksha)

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四: sì · four
十: shí · ten, tenth; complete; perfect
二: èr · two; twice
章: zhāng · composition; chapter, section
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经: jīng · classic works; pass through

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4–2–4–1–1 · Si4 shi2 er4 Zhang1 jing1

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sei3 sap6 ji6 zoeng1 ging1

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