During the Song Dynasty reign of Emperor Hong, he ordered a major expansion of the Dao Zong and attempted to print it using woodblock technology, a then-uncommon practice despite Chinese Buddhists having printed scriptures for at least 300 years
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“first the reign of the song emperor Hong he was a huge fan of dosm and ordered a major expansion of the Dao zong but he decided that they should try this not exactly new technology called printing”
Created: 8/11/2026, 6:45:06 AM
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