⚠The manuscript shows significant signs of age, including wormholes, paper loss, and staining, particularly along the left and right margins and through the central text block.

A vertical title slip, known as a daozhi, is pasted onto a protective cover. The slip is light blue-grey with a dark border. The main title is written in large, calligraphic ink characters. At the bottom, a smaller rectangular section contains additional characters and a number.

The Sutra of the Lotus Flower of the Wonderful Law, Volume One

original: "妙法蓮華經" (Miao fa lian hua jing). This title refers to the Lotus Sutra, one of the most revered scriptures in Mahayana Buddhism, which teaches that all beings possess the potential for Buddhahood.

Phoenix, Number 230 The character "Phoenix" (鳳) is used here as a shelfmark. Historical Chinese libraries often used characters from the "Thousand Character Classic"—a famous educational poem—to categorize and sequence the many volumes of the Tripitaka (the complete collection of Buddhist scriptures).