| 1 | We all know the difficulty about Jianzhen's Japanese trip. | |
| 2 | This year marks the 1300th anniversary of Monk Jianzhen' s voyages to Japan and the Japanese side will hold grand celebrations for the event. | |
| 3 | Monk Jianzhen in the Tang Dynasty braved all the hardships to make his eastward voyages to Japan and his sitting statue is still enshrined and worshipped in Toshodai-ji Temple, Nara. | |
| 4 | If Jianzhen Zuzhuan is regarded as the biography of the official history, Tang Dahe Shangdongzheng Zhuan is the private JianZhen's biography. |