Local press reports state that the Buddhist classic presented by Mr. Pan Vu-kwei, the Mayor of Tientsi to the Tung Pen Yuan Sze, a Japanese temple in Kyoto, is a reprint of the valuable edition printed in the time of the Emperor Chien Lung.
The classic is composed of 1,000 volumes and weighs over 200 catties.
The classic, entitled "Lung Chang Pan I Chieh Ching," was collected by Mr. Lin Sen, Chairman of the Central Government, reports say. About four years Mr. Lin and General Sung Cheh-yuan, former Chairman of the Hopei-Charhar Political Council, arranged for the pr g of 23 editions of the sic, each to cost about $2,000.
One of these editions was purchased by Mr. Pan and he has presented this to the Japanese temple with a view to strengthening Sino-Japanese relations through Buddhism.
—Reuter.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.