All the collections that can enter the National Library of China are national treasures. Among them, Yongle Dadian, Sikuquanshu, Dunhuang suicide note and Zhao Zang are regarded as the treasures of the four major towns and libraries of the National Library. 1933, The Golden Collection of Zhaocheng was discovered in Shanxi, which was a great event in the history of modern Buddhist literature and caused a great sensation in the cultural circles at that time. This Buddhist encyclopedia is not only a Buddhist book, but also an ancient book involving philosophy, history, language, literature and other fields. It is praised as a "unique book" by the Buddhist community. After the establishment of "Shanghai Songqisha Tibetan Scripture Photocopying Association", the first task was to assign a special person to Xi 'an to check the integrity of Tibetan Scripture and arrange photography and plate making. This job not only requires the appointed person to have enough time, but also needs the ability and knowledge to distinguish Buddhist scriptures. After a long discussion, they thought that only Master Fan Cheng was the best candidate for this position. Everyone unanimously advised Master Fan Cheng to shoulder the burden. 193 1 In the spring of, Master Fan Cheng arrived in Xi 'an from Shanghai with more than 20 photographers, printers and assistants. After consultation with Xi 'an, the collected scriptures of Kaiyuan Temple and Wolong Temple were transported to the special room in shanxi library for safekeeping, and the personnel of both sides jointly counted them. Fan Cheng and his party cleaned up the scriptures in Xi 'an. The results showed that the engravers of the Song Dynasty compared the 2889 volumes of Kaiyuan Temple with the 4548 volumes of Wolong Temple. Except for similarities, * * * got 5226 volumes, but 576 volumes were still missing. Later, I found the Catalogue of Song Books in Beiping Songpo Library, some of which can make up for all the shortcomings of An Song's books. In this way, the Tibetan scriptures of Xi 'an and Peiping are combined, and the volume 173 is missing, so photocopying is still a fly in the ointment. So Fan Cheng continued to visit the ancient temples in Shanxi and Shanxi to make up for the deficiency. Coincidentally, in the spring of 1933, Fan Cheng met an old monk with an empty dharma number in An, who had just returned from worshipping Buddha in Wutai Mountain, Shanxi Province. He mentioned to Master Fan Cheng that "Guangsheng Temple in Taihang Mountain, Zhaocheng County, Shanxi Province has four cabinets of ancient scriptures bound into scrolls". Fan Cheng set off immediately after hearing this and went to Shanxi on foot. When he saw more than 5,000 volumes of ancient Tibetan scriptures in four wooden cabinets in Guangsheng Temple, Zhaocheng County, Shanxi Province, he was extremely surprised. He immediately announced this important discovery to the whole world, and the whole cultural circle was sensational.
Because it was found in Guangsheng Temple in Zhaocheng County, it was named "Zhaocheng Jincang". Master Fan Cheng spent five months checking and sorting out the ancient scriptures of Guangsheng Temple according to the Catalogue of the Magic Weapons of the Tripitaka that he carried with him. He also visited nearby villages and recovered more than 300 scrolls lost among the people, bringing the ancient scrolls of Guangsheng Temple to more than 5,700. Unfortunately, there are few historical records about the discovery of the golden treasure in Zhaocheng, but there is a picture of the preservation, transshipment and transportation of Buddhist scriptures in Guangsheng Temple in Zhaocheng County, which was formed in the Shanxi Provincial Archives on May 23, 1949. This file is written in calligraphy, and the text is as follows:
"Buddhist scriptures have been stored in the Buddhist temple of Si Xia Temple in Guangsheng Temple for many years. Every year on the 18th day of the third lunar month, there are many people visiting by the masses. Because nobody cares, it is said that four or five volumes were lost, and later some new ones were made in Beijing. In more than ten years of the Republic of China, two eminent monks, Ming Che and Fayan, sorted out this Buddhist scripture and transferred it to the Great Buddha Hall of Shangshi Temple in Guangsheng Temple for safekeeping on 189. At this time, Fan Cheng, a monk in Shanghai, saw this Buddhist scripture in the temple and thought it was very valuable. He borrowed a box through various relationships and gentry in the county and returned it within a time limit. After returning home, he also presented the newly printed and Song versions of the Tibetan scriptures ... "
Preservation, Transshipment and Transportation of Buddhist Scriptures in Guangsheng Temple in Zhao Cheng over the Years