Foxue congbao 佛學叢報

Fóxué cóngbào 佛學叢報 Buddhist Miscellany

Print run: October, 1912 - July, 1914 (12 issues) Other Info: Published by Shànghǎi Yǒuzhèng Press 上海有正書局 Associated Location(s): Shànghǎi 上海 Associated Person(s): Dí Chǔqīng 狄楚青, founder; Pú Yìchéng 濮一乘, editor Associated Organization(s): None

Fóxué cóngbào 佛學叢報 (Buddhist Miscellany) was one of the two earliest Buddhist periodicals published in China, the other being Buddhist Monthly 佛教月報, which was also published in Shànghǎi.

It contained scholarship, art, literature, Q&A, Buddhist news. Cài Yuánpéi 蔡元培, Oūyáng Jìan 歐陽漸, and Dìxián 諦閑 all published important expositions there. Some monks published careful scholarship there, and Yìnguāng 印光 used the periodical to promote Pure Land Buddhism. Its style was imitated by later magazines. Yǒuzhèng Press published numerous advertisements for their Buddhist publications here. In 1914 there were plans to continue the publication as a monthly beginning from issue 13, but they apparently never materialized.

The periodical was sold by branches of Yǒuzhèng Press in Shànghǎi, Běijīng 北京, and Tiānjīn 天津, and by the Jiāngxī Buddhist Association 江西佛學會 in Nánchāng 南昌.

MFQ has all 12 issues in vols. 1-4.

Print Run

• Issue 1 (Oct. 1, 1912)^[1] in MFQ 1:1-180
• Issue 2 (Nov. 1, 1912) in MFQ 1:181-366
• Issue 3 (Dec. 1, 1912) in MFQ 1:367-546
• Issue 4 (Feb. 1, 1913) in MFQ 2:1-180
• Issue 5 (Mar. 1, 1913) in MFQ 2:181-384
• Issue 6 (May 1, 1913) in MFQ 2:385-562
• Issue 7 (June 1, 1913) in MFQ 3:1-150
• Issue 8 (Oct. 1, 1913) in MFQ 3:151-314
• Issue 9 (Feb. 15, 1914) in MFQ 3:315-472
• Issue 10 (Mar. 15, 1914) in MFQ 4:1-174
• Issue 11 (May 1, 1914) in MFQ 4:175-344
• Issue 12 (June 15, 1914) in MFQ 4:345-570

Sections

• Pictures 圖畫
• Essays and Discourses 論說
• Scholarship 學理
• Histories 歷史
• Special Announcements 專件
• News 記事
• Biographies 傳記
• Questions and Answers 問答
• Literature 文苑
• Miscellaneous 雜爼
• Fiction 小說

Issues often have a catalogue of Buddhist publications by Youzheng press at the back.

Gallery

Originial Covers of Fóxué cóngbào 佛學叢報

Issue 1 (Oct. 1, 1912)  Issue 2 (Nov. 1, 1912)  Issue 3 (Dec. 1, 1912)  Issue 4 (Feb. 1, 1913)  Issue 5 (Mar. 1, 1913)  Issue 6 (May. 1, 1913)  Issue 7 (June. 1, 1913)  Issue 8 (Oct. 1, 1913)  Issue 9 (Feb. 15, 1914)  Issue 10 (Mar. 15, 1914)  Issue 11 (May. 1, 1914)  Issue 12 (June. 15, 1914)

Notes

1. ↑ The dates are cited as 民國年, 月, and 號. We can interpret them as referring to the Western calendar based on, for example, issue two where the date is also given as BE 2939 九月二十三日 which matches up with the same date of the lunar calendar.

References

• MFQ 205.1