Wenyin Library · News (Complete 3 Volumes)

Author: Wu Limin, Editor-in-Chief, Hong Kong Chi Lian Jing Yuan Cultural Department
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Publishing Date: 2005-10-01
Features: Buddhism was introduced to China during the Eastern Han Dynasty and underwent transmission and development through the Three Kingdoms, Western and Eastern Jin, Northern and Southern Dynasties periods. It reached its peak during the Sui and Tang dynasties. In the late Tang Dynasty, Emperor Wu Zong suppressed Buddhism, leading to its gradual decline. Through the efforts of eminent monks and scholars during the Song, Yuan, Ming, and Qing dynasties, each sect of Buddhism still achieved new accomplishments. After the Opium War, influenced by Western culture, the Buddhist community in China faced unprecedented challenges and shocks.
《》 (Weiyin), a Buddhist journal, was first published in January 1930. Initially a bimonthly, it was changed to a monthly from its 25th issue and ceased publication in September 1937, with a total of 78 issues. The original journal published articles in nine categories: discourses, sects, scriptural interpretations, esoteric Buddhism, translations, miscellaneous notes, monographs, lectures, and news. Due to the limited space in magazine publications, some articles spanned several years in serial form, scattered across different issues, making it difficult to locate them.
Now, the Cultural Department of Hong Kong Chi Lian Jing Yuan has vowed to reorganize 《》 in an anthology format. They have invited Mr. Wu Limin to serve as the editor-in-chief, to reformat and punctuate the content. Referring to the original journal's categories, the entire work has been divided into nine volumes: discourses, sects, scriptural interpretations, esoteric Buddhism, translations, miscellaneous notes, monographs, lectures, and news. The original cover pages of books are also compiled together at the end of the "News Volume," and a general index of 《》 (Weiyin Anthology) is appended at the end of each volume.