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Excerpt from Suh-Ki-Li-Lih-Kiu the Suh¿illekha or Friendly Letter Addressed to King Sadvaha
I had intended this Chinese Text of the Friendly Letter, with the English translation, to form part of the Introduction to the Life of Hiuen Tsiang, which was published by me towards the end of last year. But thé' difficulty of passing. The Chinese sheets through the press pre vented this being done. Rather than lose my labour and sacrifice the little book, I resolved to publish the text and translation separately, hoping that it might serve as a Manual for those studying, or about to study, Chinese translations of Buddhist Texts. It is well known now that this Letter was written by the celebrated N agfirj una, the thirteenth (or perhaps fourteenth) \patriarch (so-called) in the Buddhist succession (according \to the Northern school). It was addressed to a King So g(or Sha) -to-p'o-ho, restored to Sadvaha, who ruled over a x. Southern Indian Kingdom, perhaps Rosala.
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