The printing block of the first edition of the Tripitaka was carved at Shu (Sichuan Province) from 971 to 983 in the era of Kyoin CHO (Song Taizong) of the Northern Sung dynasty, and was printed at 'Sutra Printing Academy,' which was built in Kaifeng, the capital.
最初の大蔵経刊本は、北宋の趙匡胤・太宗(宋)の治世、971年-983年（開宝4-太平興国8）にかけて蜀（四川省）で版木が彫られ、都の開封に建てられた「印経院」で印刷された。