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- 01The Diamond Sutra's colophon reads: 'printed on 11 May 868 AD by Wang Jie for free distribution' — the first named printer in history.
- 02It is 5.4 meters long, printed on seven strips of paper glued end to end, and found rolled in Dunhuang's Cave 17.
- 03The text instructs readers that the sutra itself is a raft to be discarded once you cross — the book commands its own obsolescence.