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 the earliest Buddhist periodical published in China. It ran from October 1912 to June 1914 for a total of 12 issues. It was sold by branches of Yǒuzhèng Press 有正書局 in Shànghǎi, Běijīng 北京, and Tiānjīn 天津, and by the Jiāngxī Buddhist Association 江西佛學會 in Nánchāng 南昌.

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MFQ has reprints of all 12 issues in Vols. 1-4.

Contents 1 Issues 1.1 Issue 1 1.2 Issue 2 1.3 Issue 3 1.4 Issue 4 1.5 Issue 5 1.6 Issue 6 1.7 Issue 7 1.8 Issue 8 1.9 Issue 9 1.10 Issue 10 1.11 Issue 11 1.12 Issue 12 2 Sections 3 Gallery 4 Notes 5 References

Issues

Publication 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.

Issue 1

Published October 1, 1912, reprinted in MFQ 1:1-180.

Issue 2

Published November 1, 1912, reprinted in MFQ 1:181-366.

Issue 3

Published December 1, 1912, reprinted in MFQ 1:367-546.

Issue 4

Published February 1, 1913, reprinted in MFQ 2:1-180.

Issue 5

Published March 1, 1913, reprinted in MFQ 2:181-384.

Issue 6

Published May 1, 1913, reprinted in MFQ 2:385-562.

Issue 7

Published June 1, 1913, reprinted in MFQ 3:1-150.

Issue 8

Published October 1, 1913, reprinted in MFQ 3:151-314.

Issue 9

Published February 15, 1914, reprinted in MFQ 3:315-472.

Issue 10

Published March 15, 1914, reprinted in MFQ 4:1-174.

Issue 11

Published May 1, 1914, reprinted in MFQ 4:175-344.

Issue 12

Published June 15, 1914, reprinted 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

References

• MFQ 205.1