Wenyin Library. Zongcheng

Author: Wu Limin, edited by the Cultural Department of Zhiliang Jingyuan, Hong Kong
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Publishing Date: 2005-07-01
Features: Buddhism was introduced to China during the Eastern Han Dynasty and underwent transmission and development through the Three Kingdoms, Western and Eastern Jin, and Northern and Southern Dynasties periods. It reached its peak during the Sui and Tang dynasties. However, during the late Tang Dynasty, Emperor Wuzong 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》 (The Sound of the Dharma) was first published in January 1930 as a bimonthly. It was later changed to a monthly publication starting from its twenty-fifth issue and ceased publication in September 1937, with a total of seventy-eight issues. The original articles were published in nine categories: discourses, sects, scriptural interpretations, esoteric Buddhism, translations, miscellaneous notes, monographs, forums, and news. Due to the limited space in magazine publications, some articles spanned several years and were scattered across different issues, making it difficult to locate them.
Now, the Cultural Department of Zhiliang Jingyuan in Hong Kong has vowed to reclassify and compile 《Weiyin》 in an anthology format. They have invited Mr. Wu Limin to serve as the editor-in-chief, to reformat and punctuate the content, and to divide the entire work into nine volumes based on the original categories: discourses, sects, scriptural interpretations, esoteric Buddhism, translations, miscellaneous notes, monographs, forums, 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.