Guanxiu [SEP] place of birth
Guanxiu's interpretations are often seen to have captured another dimension. A set of sixteen arhats is preserved in the Japanese Imperial Household Collection. This collection bears an inscription dated to 894. It states Guanxiu began the set while living in Lanxi, Zhejiang province.
Legend has it that the arhats, or "Luohans", knew of Guanxiu's expert calligraphy and painting skills, and so appeared to the monk in a dream to request that he paint their portraits.
The paintings depicted them as foreigners having bushy eyebrows,
or "Sep" which means profit or treasure, to symbolize by the small basket in which one sold in detail. "Pefuhssap" or "Pefuhssep" means "those who have discovered that profit (treasure) is in retail".
It is nevertheless noted that the two sources of information on the origin of the name Bafoussam are not contradictory and it is safe to say that the Bafoussam left their place of residence from the Tikar plain with their name since they already practiced retail trade with small baskets.
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