This is a very preliminary bibliography of sources regarding missionary Christians in China and their writings on the Buddhist culture they experiences. Author names have been retained to help facilitate internet searches, but only the first appearance of a name is linked to the biographical article, if appropriate.
Primary Sources to 1950
- De Groot, J.J.M. Buddhist masses for the dead at Amoy. Leyde: Brill, 1884.
- De Groot, J.J.M. "Militant Spirit of the Buddhist Clergy in China." T'oung Pao, vol. 2, no. 2 (1891), 127-139.
- De Groot, J.J.M. "Miséricorde envers les animaux dans le Bouddhisme chinois." T'oung Pao, vol. 3, no. 5 (1892), 466-489.
- De Groot, J.J.M. La code du Mahāyāna en Chine; son influence sur la vie monacale et sur le monde laïque. Amsterdam, J. Müller, 1893. [Reprint, New York: Garland Pub., 1980.]
- Translation of the Sūtra of Brahma's Net (Fànwǎng jīng 梵網經; Brahmajāla-sūtra)
- De Groot, J.J.M. Der thüpa, das heiligste Heiligtum des Buddhismus in China. Ein Beitrag zur Kenntnis der esoterischen Lehre des Mahāyāna. Berlin, Verlag der Akademie der Wissenschaften, in Kommission bei der Vereinigung wissenschaftlicher Verleger Walter de Gruyter u. Co., 1919.
- Davids, T. W. Rhys. Buddhism: being a sketch of the life and teachings of Gautama, the Buddha. London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge; New York: E. & J.B. Young & Co., 1894.
- Richard, Timothy. Guide to Buddhahood: Being a Standard Manual of Chinese Buddhism. Shanghai: Christian Literature Society, 1907.
- Richard, Timothy. New Testament of Higher Buddhism. Edinburgh: T. & T. Clark, 1910.
- Richard, Timothy. Forty-five Years in China: Reminiscences. London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1916.
Secondary Sources on Missionaries in China