| Database of Modern Chinese Buddhism |
| 近代中國佛教檢索 |
| A collaborative gathering of information related to Buddhism in China between 1850 and 1950 CE. |
| To begin, search for a keyword on the left, or browse the category portals below. To contribute, click the Community Portal. |
| Update April 22, 2010: 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 for the continued expansion of this site. |
| Featured Article |
| The Wǔchāng Buddhist Seminary 武昌佛學院: Founded by Tàixū 太虛 and others in 1922, this was the first institution to be called a "Buddhist Seminary" 佛學院. It was one of the more important modern Buddhist 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. |
| Previously Featured Articles: Fǎfǎng 法舫; Jīnlíng Scriptural Press 金陵刻經處; Lǚ Bìchéng 呂碧城 |
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| This is a collaborative project hosted by Dharma Drum Buddhist College. 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. Please read the Policy Statement for important rules and guidelines. |
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