Concept:
- The picture shows a printed page of a Buddhist text written in Chinese characters, set in vertical columns.
- The oldest surviving printed book in the world is the Buddhist Diamond Sutra, printed in 868 CE, and a page from it is the standard illustration used for early woodblock printing.
Step 1: Read what the picture actually shows.
It is a single printed sheet of Chinese characters arranged in vertical lines, with clear column rules between them. The style is woodblock printing, not handwriting.
Step 2: Check option (A), Korean Jikji.
The Jikji is a Korean Buddhist text of 1377, famous for being printed with movable metal type. The page in the picture is a woodblock page of a sutra, so this does not fit.
Step 3: Check option (C), Tripitaka Koreana.
The Tripitaka Koreana is a huge Korean collection of Buddhist scriptures carved on more than eighty thousand wooden blocks. It is known as a block collection, not as a single printed page like this.
Step 4: Check option (D), Chinese script.
Chinese script is only the name of a writing system. The question asks to identify a picture of a specific printed work, so naming the script does not answer it.
Step 5: Confirm option (B).
The remaining choice is the Diamond Sutra, the Buddhist text printed in 868 CE and the earliest dated printed book known. The page shown is from it.
Final Answer: (B) Diamond Sutra