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The first book in the world

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The first book in the world
The first book written in the world was found in northwest China and this book was written in A.D. It was written in 868. This book called "Diamond Sutra" means diamond in English. The meaning of sutra is religious knowledge and preaching.
The name of this book called "Diamond Sutra" is derived from the words diamond and religious information.

This first published book in history contained the teachings of the Buddha, which included the Buddha's words and advice to one of his disciples, Subhuti. This book, which consists of 7 pages in total, consists of 6 pages of text and 1 page of a table showing the Buddha and his disciples. In this table; There are male and female followers and 2 legged cats. Although the dimensions of the book are 30 × 75 cm, it was printed with a mold made of wood. The book was found by a Taoist priest in 1900 in a pile at the foot of a wall in the Cave of the Thousand Buddhas in the Tunhuang region of Turkestan.
The first book in the world
In 1900, a Taoist monk went to one of the Thousand Buddha caves in Tunhuang region of Turkestan. When he entered the cave and began to explore it in detail, he found the first book with 1300 manuscripts under the wall. The idea that coincidences are not coincidences leads to this discovery.


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