（一）出版项逐卷对过各本自己的版权页：卷一「First published - 1938 By The Oxford University Press」，所据为是 1949 年 Luzac & Company 为巴利圣典协会印行本，扉页作「PUBLISHED FOR THE PALI TEXT SOCIETY by LUZAC & COMPANY LTD., 46 GREAT RUSSELL STREET, LONDON, W.C.1」；卷二「First published 1940」、卷三「First published 1942」、卷四「First published 1951」、卷五「First published 1952」、卷六「First published 1966」。是则脚注「6 vols. London: Pali Text Society, 1938—1966」，卷数、起讫年、社名与地名皆合。一事可记而不害其确：
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卷一初版实由牛津大学出版社印行，巴利圣典协会（伦敦 Luzac）的印记要到 1949 年重印本才出现；各卷后来的重印本版权页则署牛津，不署伦敦。（二）脚注所撑的「一事一制为叙述程式、未必每条都真有那么一桩缘起」一语，正是 Horner 译者导言所论，见卷一书内第 xxxiv 页：「Rhys Davids and Oldenberg think that when the rules had been formulated and each word interpreted, some explanation was wanted as to how the rules originated. Thus, they hold, stories were invented to introduce each rule**. Personally I do not think it necessary to take quite such a hard-and-fast view. For it seems to me possible that in some cases the story may be true, or may have had some historical foundation…In other cases, the story may quite possibly be an invention…It would now be very difficult to judge which stories may be more or less true and which may be purely fictitious.」正文作「未必每条都真有那么一桩缘起」，分寸与 Horner 本人的持平之论一致——她既不从 Rhys Davids 与 Oldenberg 的全盘虚构说，也不认每条缘起都是实录。又：Horner 此译所据是 Oldenberg 一八七九至一八八三年的巴利校本（卷一导言首句自陈），非另立校订，读者回查原文时宜取 Oldenberg 本或 VRI 本。
