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FOREWORD 1. How Xuanzang Learned about Nalanda KUWAYAMA Shoshin 2. Un gioiello della rete di Indra. La lettera che dalla Cina Fazang inviò a Ùisang in Corea Antonino FORTE 3. The Nine Tripods of Empress Wu Riccardo FRACASSO 4. Li Hua and Buddhism Silvio VITA 5. Docurnents of Local Administration in the Nara Period. Tbe Household Registers and tbe Tax Registers TAKEUCH! Rizo (foreword, translation and notes by Maria Chiara MIGLIORE) 6. Brief Remarks on tbe Buddha-Land Ideology in Silla during tbe Seventh and Eighth Centuries RH! Ki-y6ng 7. Fonti letterarie sulla pittura di fiori e uccelli durante i Tang Saudra STEFANI 8. Gli specchi Tang. Note sulla cronologia e tipologia G. Aurora TESTA SUMMARIES (Italian, Euglish) BIBLIOGRAPHY Abbreviations (275) A. Works and collections before 1850 (275) B. Books, collections and journal articles since 1850 (283)
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GENERAL INDEX
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