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|[[File:Jinling_kejingchu.jpg|100px|right]]The '''Jīnlíng Scriptural Press''' (Jīnlíng kèjīngchù [[金陵刻經處]]) is a famous scriptural press [[刻經處]] founded by Yáng Wénhuì [[楊文會]] in Nánjīng [[南京]] in the 1870s. After a short hiatus between about 1966 and 1980, it continues to be active today. The press was one of the earliest to spearhead the reprinting of Buddhist texts in China.
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|The '''Wǔchāng Buddhist Seminary [[武昌佛學院]]''': Founded by Tàixū [[太虛]] and others in [[1922]], this was the first "Buddhist Seminary" [[佛學院]] so called. It was one of the more important modern Buddhists schools in China in the 1920s, and it trained many of the ordained Buddhist thinkers that rose to prominence in the first half of the 20th century.
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Revision as of 21:14, 15 June 2010

Welcome to the Database of Modern Chinese Buddhism

歡迎使用近代中國佛教檢索

This is a collaborative project hosted by Dharma Drum Buddhist College that gathers information on topics related to Buddhism in China between 1850 and 1950 CE. We're currently working on 409 articles on various topics. All data on the wiki is licensed under an Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported Creative Commons license.

To begin, try searching for a keyword in the field on the left, or browse one of the main article categories:

Current Featured Article

The Wǔchāng Buddhist Seminary 武昌佛學院: Founded by Tàixū 太虛 and others in 1922, this was the first "Buddhist Seminary" 佛學院 so called. It was one of the more important modern Buddhists schools in China in the 1920s, and it trained many of the ordained Buddhist thinkers that rose to prominence in the first half of the 20th century.
Past Featured Articles:
Biography Portal
Articles on the lives and work of prominent lay and monastic Buddhists
Periodical Portal
Summaries of Buddhist periodical publications, dates and places of publication, important editors and contributors
Ideological
Doctrines, philosophies, controversies and teachings
Chronology Portal
Articles covering major events in each year of the period, as well as guides to the era and reign names of different authorities
Institution Portal
Important institutions, including seminaries, temples, and organizations
Bibliography and Publication Portal
Lists of scholarly and primary sources, as well as articles on publishing houses and important publications of the era
Geography Portal
Articles on Buddhist events and spaces in major cities, provinces, and regions
Project Contributors

Erik Hammerstrom 韓光 Website
Co-editor
Ph.D. and Associate Instructor
Department of Religious Studies, Indiana University, Bloomington

Gregory Adam Scott 史瑞戈 Website
Co-editor
Ph.D. Candidate
Department of Religion, Columbia University

Marcus Bingenheimer 馬德偉 Website
Director, Library and Information Center
Dharma Drum Buddhist College 法鼓佛教學院 (DDBC)

Simon Wiles 魏希明
Server Administrator
Dharma Drum Buddhist College 法鼓佛教學院 (DDBC)


The editors of the Database of Modern Chinese Buddhism thank the China and Inner Asia Council of the Association for Asian Studies and the Chiang Ching-Kuo Foundation for a grant awarded in the summer of 2010 to be used toward the continued expansion of this site.

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