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'''Bibliography and Publishing''' are two important topics in the history of Modern Chinese Buddhism. New material and social technologies allowed Buddhists to produce texts in much greater numbers than before. The content of the texts was also geared to the modern age, with introductory textbooks, commentaries, and treaties on Buddhism produced on a massive scale. | '''Bibliography and Publishing''' are two important topics in the history of Modern Chinese Buddhism. New material and social technologies allowed Buddhists to produce texts in much greater numbers than before. The content of the texts was also geared to the modern age, with introductory textbooks, commentaries, and treaties on Buddhism produced on a massive scale. | ||
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Bibliography and Publishing are two important topics in the history of Modern Chinese Buddhism. New material and social technologies allowed Buddhists to produce texts in much greater numbers than before. The content of the texts was also geared to the modern age, with introductory textbooks, commentaries, and treaties on Buddhism produced on a massive scale.
Gregory Adam Scott is the section editor for bibliographical articles.
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Scriptural Presses
These institutions (sometimes translated as Sūtra Publishing Houses) 刻經處 were important early centers for the production of Buddhist texts, following a traditional model with a long history
- Běijīng Scriptural Press 北京刻經處 1919 - 1937
- Jiāngběi Scriptural Press 江北刻經處 1874 - 1930s or 1940s
- Jīnlíng Scriptural Press 金陵刻經處 1871? - 1966; 1981 - present
- Tiānjīn Scriptural Press 天津刻經處 1919 - 1937
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Scriptural Distributors
These were centers for publishing and distributing copies of Buddhist scriptures
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Publishing Houses
Includes publishers that did not specialize in Buddhist books but who published a large number of works related to Buddhism.[1]
- Shanghai Buddhist Books 上海佛學書局
- Yixue Shuju 醫學書局
- Shanghai Commercial Press 上海商務書局
- Zhonghua Books 中華書局
- Youzheng Shuju 有正書局
- Honghua she 弘化社
- Dafalun Shuju 大法輪書局
- Shanghai Daxiong Shuju 上海大雄書局
- Shanghai Banruo Shuju 上海般若書局
- Shanghai Daode Shuju 上海道德書局
Publishing Technologies
Those used in printing Buddhist publications are included here
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Important Publications
Information regarding the content, production and distribution of important publications.
- See the Periodical Portal for articles on Buddhist periodicals
- Awakening of Faith in the Mahayana 大乘起信論
- The Kalaviṇka Canon 頻伽大藏經
- The Qìshā Canon 磧砂藏
- Essential Buddhist Texts for Laypeople 在家必讀內典
Bibliographies and Guides for Modern Chinese Buddhist Studies
Lists of titles and guides to important sources for the study of Modern Chinese Buddhism.
- Print bibliography
- List of Buddhist Works by 戴季陶
- Guide to the Complete Collection of Republican-Era Buddhist Periodical Literature (MFQ)
- The MFQ and MFQB have their own articles
- Missionary Christians and Chinese Buddhists Bibliography
Notes
- ↑ Some of this list is taken from 孟令兵, 老上海文化奇葩-上海佛學書局 (上海: 上海人民出版社, 2003).