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Editor’s note:
I would like to express my hearty thanks to Professor Li Jining 李際寧, curator of the National Library of China, who wrote two research notes on Sixi Canon.
Sixi Canon is one of the earliest and most complete extant editions of the Chinese Buddhist canon. It has never been reprinted since its construction and printing. According to Zhongguo guji zong mulu 中國古籍總目錄 (Catalogues of Chinese Classic Books), about 10 libraries and temples hold this Sixi Canon. They include the National Library of China, the Shanghai Library, the Gansu Provincial Library, Zōjō-ji Temple 增上寺, Kita-in in Saitama (Prefecture) 埼玉県, Iwayaji in Aichi Prefecture 愛知縣岩屋寺, Tōshōdaiji 唐招提寺, and Saidaiji Temple 西大寺 in Nara, Chōryūji
Hasedera Temple 大和長谷寺, Ōtani University 大谷大學, Yamato Hasedera Temple 大和長谷寺, Tōyō bunko 東洋文庫 and Saishōōji Temple in Ibaraki 茨城最聖王寺. It is not surprising that very few scholars have been able to get access to this Sixi Canon.