Disclaimer: This article discusses the number of words in the Dongshan Jing, based on the final revised version of Yuan Ke's "Annotations on the Classic of Mountains and Seas", and refers to his "Classic of Mountains and Seas" for statistics.
The number of words in the Dongshan Sutra. (Yuan Keben)
The Dongshan Yijing has a total of 530 words.
The Second Classic of the Eastern Ci has a total of 670 words.
The Three Classics of the Eastern Ci have a total of 387 words.
The Four Classics of the Eastern Ci consists of 535 words.
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The number of words in the Dongshan Sutra. (Lynx Ben)
The "Dongshan Yijing" has a total of 529 words.
The Second Classic of the Eastern Ci has a total of 671 words.
The Three Classics of the Eastern Ci have a total of 384 words.
The Four Classics of the Eastern Ci consists of 534 characters.
Second, the number of original texts in the Dongshan Jing is doubtful
(1) The head of the Dongshan Sutra, the mountain of the spider is bordered by Qianyi to the north. The drinking water comes out, while the northeast flows into the sea. Among them, there are many bighead carp, which are shaped like plough cattle and their sounds are like a song.
[Yuan Ke]: Volume 939 of the Taiping Imperial Records cites this sutra as "its sound is like a rhyme", without the word "ming", yes and also.
[狰猶]: As "its sound is like 彘", the word "ming" is derived
(1) Three hundred and eighty miles south, the head of Geshan Mountain, without vegetation. The water comes out of the water and flows east into Yuze, where there are many pearls of cockroaches.
[狰猶]: Imamoto adds a "zhi" character to make it "the fish of the pearl cockroach".
(2) Five hundred miles to the south, the mountain of Kaili... There are beasts, whose shape is like a fox, and the nine tails, nine heads, and tiger claws, known as the dragon, have a sound like a baby, and are cannibals.
[Hao Yixing]: "Guangyun" says that "worm" does not have the word "nine songs".
[狰猶]: All the books of the Ming and Qing dynasties have the word "nine songs", so they are not derived here.
(1) The first of the Three Classics of the Eastern Times, the Mountain of Corpse Hu.
[狰猶]: The word "and" should be derived.
(2) Five hundred miles south of the water, five hundred miles of quicksand, five hundred miles of mountains, and mountains of the heels.
[Yuan Ke]: The text of the Doubtful Scripture is "five hundred miles of water in the south, five hundred miles of quicksand", and the words "曰、 行" are derived.
[狰猶]: The word "曰" and "行" are derived.
(1) The first of the Four Classics of the Eastern Times, known as the Mountain of the North Horn, is located in the North Sea.
[狰猶]: Now derive the word "and".
Author's Summary:
(1) "Dongshan Yijing": According to Yuan Benyan, the word "Ming" was removed.
Therefore, the "Dongshan Yijing" has a total of 529 words.
(2) "The Second Classic of the Eastern Ci": According to Yuan Benduo, the word "zhi" was added.
Therefore, the "Second Classic of the Eastern Ci" has a total of 671 words.
(3) The Three Classics of the Eastern Times: Derive the three words "and, 曰, 行"
Therefore, the "Three Classics of the Eastern Times" has a total of 387 words.
(4) The Four Classics of the Eastern Ci: According to Yuan Ben, the word "and" is removed.
Therefore, the "Four Classics of the Eastern Times" has a total of 534 words.
The Present Book of Dongshan has a total of 2118 words.
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