Owing to the spread of Buddhism in China, the historical records were represented by the stories of monks in the Jin Dynasty and the Northern and Southern Dynasties. The records were as many as dozens but most of them are lost. The Biography of Great Monks written by Huijiao is the earliest one preserved, so it is not only the important material but also the precious linguistic data for the research of the Six Dynasties. This book accessible to the present public is corrected and annotated by Tang Yongtong....
