[1] It is encountered throughout East Asia, including in some Japanese Buddhist Kyōzōs (経蔵).

[1] The Chinese Buddhist Canon is the total body of Buddhist literature deemed canonical and was called "all the sutras" (一切經) in the ancient time.

[1] With four thousand kinds, it includes Āgama (經), Vinaya (律) and Abhidharma (論) texts.

[2][3] A Buddhist texts library is generally two-storey buildings built at the highest point of the temple.

[1] The upper storey is for storing sutras and the lower layer is the "Thousand Buddha Pavilion" (千佛閣).