Wenyin: Translation (Vol. 1 & 2)

Author: Wu Limin
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Publication Date: 2005-07-01
Features: Buddhism was introduced to China during the Eastern Han Dynasty and underwent transmission and development through the Three Kingdoms, the Jin, the Southern and Northern Dynasties, reaching 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, various schools of Buddhism still achieved new accomplishments. After the Opium War, influenced by Western culture, the Buddhist community in China faced unprecedented challenges and shocks.
《》 (Wēyīn), a Buddhist journal, was first published in January 1930 as a bimonthly. It was later changed to a monthly publication starting from its 25th issue and ceased publication in September 1937, with a total of 78 issues. The original journal published articles in nine categories: commentaries, school traditions, 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 research cumbersome and inconvenient to read.
Now, the Cultural Department of Zhiliang Jingyuan in Hong Kong has vowed to reorganize and categorize 《》 in an anthology format. They have invited Mr. Wu Limin to serve as the chief editor, to reformat and punctuate the content. Referring to the original journal's categories, the entire work has been divided into nine volumes: commentaries, school traditions, scriptural interpretations, esoteric Buddhism, translations, miscellaneous notes, monographs, lectures, and news. The original cover pages of books are also compiled and attached at the end of the "News Volume," and a general index of 《》 (Wēyīn Anthology) is included at the end of each volume.