Dunhuang Monastic Ledger and Rhyme Dictionary Prefaces (Unknown) - Page 10

⚠The manuscript page is extremely faded with significant foxing and staining. The vast majority of the text is illegible.

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Volume? Two [The main body of this page is severely degraded. Due to extensive foxing and environmental staining over the centuries, the original ink has faded into illegibility, leaving only faint, shadowed traces of what was once a full page of handwritten text.] ?

Volume Two original: 下冊 (xiace). Literally "Lower Volume." Traditional Chinese manuscripts were often organized into sets of two or three volumes, designated as "Upper and Lower" or "Upper, Middle, and Lower."