Author | Chen Yuan 陳垣, 1880-1971
| Pub. Location | Beijing 北京 | Publisher | Zhonghua shuju 中華書局 | Date | 1964 | Phys. Desc. | 2, 2, 2, 472, 38 p. ; 20 cm. | Location | Silver Room | Call Number | BQ634.C45 1964 |
Shishi yinianlu 釋氏疑年錄 / Chen Yuan zhuan 陳垣撰. Includes index.
" ...a list of 2800 Buddhist monks in China, giving the dates of their births and deaths, and covering the period from the third century A.D. to 1698. To avoid confusion because of more than one person having the same name, the name of his native place or of his temple is placed before the name of each monk. All entries arranged chronologically. Sources are carefully indicated in each case ...." References: Teng, S.Y., Annotated bibliography of selected Chinese reference works, p. 175. See also the somewhat conflicting entry in Wilkinson, Chinese history, a manual, p. 583 |
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