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Gregory Adam Scott 史瑞戈, Senior Lecturer in Chinese Culture and History at the University of Manchester

To-do

• Apparently in 1956, 弘化社, 佛學書局, 大法輪書局, and 大雄書局 were all combined into 上海佛教书店, location was 江宁路 no. 999 [1]
• Check for similar entries to 勸世白話文 - DCCB0755 where 弘化社 was evidently the publisher but is listed as a distributor
  • Also 觀音靈感近聞錄 - DCCB0848
• There was a 法輪書局 that continued to operate in Hong Kong as late as 1959, may have been a branch of 大法輪書局
  • [2]
• Princeton Chinese Archival Handbook Collection
• Expand entry for 初機先導 - DCCB2399
• Taixu published 佛化教科書 in 1923 that includes a short 中央刻經院書目: [3]
• Check out:
  • 徹底和平論 - DCCB1551
  • 大方廣佛華嚴經 - DCCB0440
  • 大方廣佛華嚴經 - DCCB0441 and any alternate editions
• Paratexts:
  • 奮迅集 - DCCB2395
  • 不可錄 - DCCB0860

Publishers / Distributors

• 金陵刻經處
• 江北刻經處
• 中央刻經院
• 國光印書局
• 弘化社
• 佛學書局
• 大法輪書局
• 大雄書局

國光印書局

• Also credited as 國光書局 (eg. in 佛門之孝經 - DCCB0747, 1930)
• Random Blog Post
• Posted an ad in 佛教月報 - CBP2 in June 1913? MFQ 5:410
• Founded in 1914 by Tang Pinmei 唐品梅 (字雲圃), had experience working at 文明書局, with help from elder brother Tang Pinzhang 唐品章（字文圃）, Xu Xusheng 徐叙生, and Qiao Yuting 喬雨亭
  • Academia Historica has a series of 印刷業工廠調查表 compiled in 1947, one volume mentions 喬雨亭
• Elseder brother Tang Pinzhang takes over direction from 1925
• Printed the 生活周刊 newspaper
• In 1934, reported to have a capitalization of 20,000 yuan: 中國經濟年鑑, p. (K)813
• In 1935 Tang Pinzhang dies, direction taken over by his son Tang Jianyu 唐鑒虞 (字書麟，學名彦宾)
• 三大士實錄 - DCCB1596 has an address: corner of 南成都路 and 新大沽路; also 新大沽路 no. 671, eg. in 西方啓信錄 - DCCB0398
• Still active in 1951? Mentioned in 傅雷家書 (陝西師範大學出版總社有限公司, 2024) in letter dated September 23, 1951
• Mentioned in 中国印刷近代史(初稿), p. 388

Buddhist Book Series

• 樓閣叢書 printed by the Jiangbei Scriptural Press 江北刻經處
• 佛學小叢書
• 佛學叢書 (醫學書局)
• 佛學叢書 (商務印書館)
• 佛學叢書 (中華書局)
• 海潮音文庫 1930-?
• 法事叢書 1931-?
• 佛學講義 1936-?
• 圓瑛法彙 printed by Commercial Press, Buddhist Studies Press, and 圓明法施會
• 佛學故事叢書 1931-1932?

Buddhist Book Catalogues

1. 佛經流通處目錄 - DCCB2355, ca. 1920?
2. 北京天津佛經流通處書目 - DCCB0417, no date but likely between 1919 and 1928
3. 佛學書目表 - DCCB0139, 1924
4. 中央刻經院書目 - DCCB2356, ca. 1926
5. 佛學書局圖書目錄 - DCCB0406, January 1930
6. 佛學書局圖書目錄 - DCCB0407, May 1930
7. 上海佛學書局圖書目錄續刊 - DCCB2354, September 1930
8. 佛教經象各種善書書目總錄 - DCCB0412, 1930
9. (增訂)圖書目錄 - DCCB0413, 1931
10. 金陵刻經處流通經典目錄 - DCCB2358, Spring 1931
11. 佛學書目 - DCCB2361, May 1931
12. 明善書局圖書目錄 - DCCB2360, Spring 1932
13. 佛學出版界 - CBP51, 1932, 1933, 1934
14. 佛學書局圖書目錄 - DCCB0408, May 1933
15. 佛學書目 - DCCB0415, January 1934
16. 金陵刻經處流通經典目錄 - DCCB2362, Spring 1934
17. 出版目錄 - DCCB2357, September 1934
18. 佛學書局圖書目錄 - DCCB0409, January 1935
19. 鼓山湧泉禪寺經板目錄 - DCCB2359, ca. 1935
20. 出版目錄 - DCCB2335, September 1936
21. 佛學圖書目錄 - DCCB0411, January 1938
22. 佛學書目 - DCCB2333, August 1938
23. 佛學書目 - DCCB2334, July 1940

Publication Reports

1. 蘇州弘化社第二屆出納報告清冊 - DCCB1221, 1932
2. 蘇州弘化社第三屆出納報告清冊 - DCCB1222, 1933
3. 蘇州弘化社第四屆出納報告清冊 - DCCB1223, 1934
4. 蘇州弘化社第五屆出納報告清冊 - DCCB1224, 1935

Buddhist Primers Circulating in the Republican Era

1. 佛教初學課本; 佛教初學課本註 - DCCB2261, 1906 and reprinted as late as 1949
2. 佛學易解 - DCCB1282, 1917, 1919, and 1923
3. 佛經精華錄箋注 - DCCB0438, 1918
4. 佛學指南 - DCCB0175, 1919
5. 佛學起信編 - DCCB2346, 1919
6. 佛學初階 - DCCB2347, 1919
7. 六道輪迴錄 - DCCB2349, 1919
8. 佛學撮要 - DCCB0194, 1920
9. 學佛實驗譚 - DCCB0149, 1920
10. 學佛捷徑 - DCCB2332, 1921
11. 佛說般若波羅密多心經實踐哲學綱要 - DCCB0493, 1921
12. 佛教宗派詳註 - DCCB2348, 1921
13. 阿彌陀經直解 - DCCB0535, 1923?
14. 佛學入門 - DCCB1285, 1924?
15. 初機淨業指南 - DCCB0902, 1924 and reprinted as late as 1924
16. 釋迦牟尼佛略傳 - DCCB1648, 1923, reprinted 1924, 1930, 1933, 1936
17. 佛學概論 - DCCB1272, 1926
18. 佛教研究法 - DCCB2383, 1926, reprinted 1935
19. 學佛淺說; 助覺管見; 初機學佛摘要 - DCCB1290, 1929, 1932, and 1935
20. 唯識三字經釋論 - DCCB0655, 1930
21. 普勸學佛譚 - DCCB0674, 1930, 1933
22. 中等佛學教科書 - DCCB1332, 1930, 1931
23. 佛法導論 - DCCB1302, 1931 and reprinted as late as 1949
24. 佛像概說 - DCCB2342, 1931
25. 淨土三要述義 - DCCB1148, 1931
26. 初等佛學教科書 - DCCB1331, 1931, 1933
27. 佛教淺測 - DCCB1307, 1932
28. 甚麼是佛學 - DCCB1296, 1932
29. 居家士女學佛程序 - DCCB0951, 1932
30. 天曦佛化答問 - DCCB1310, 1932
31. 念誦集要 - DCCB1025, 1932
32. 佛學ABC - DCCB1295, 1933
33. 兒童佛學三字經淺釋 - DCCB1328, 1933
34. 淨業津梁 - DCCB0922, 1933
35. 淨土問辨 - DCCB1147, 1933
36. 淨業津梁 - DCCB0922, 1933
37. 在家衆之學佛方法 - DCCB0953, 1933
38. 「佛」是甚麼及學佛的過程 - DCCB0958
39. 楞嚴經淺說 - DCCB0593, 1933?
40. 佛法略談 - DCCB1311, 1933 and 1934
41. 盂蘭盆經淺說 - DCCB0559, 1934?
42. 佛學法滙 - DCCB0439, 1934
43. 念佛指南 - DCCB0931, 1935
44. 佛教淺測 - DCCB1308, 1935
45. 婦女學佛初步 - DCCB0956, 1935
46. 佛學綱要 - DCCB0180, 1935
47. 淨業良導 - DCCB1153, 1935
48. 古農佛學答問 - DCCB1335, 1936
49. 佛傳 - DCCB1655, 1936
50. 台密綱要 - DCCB1128, 1936
51. 佛教概述 - DCCB0172, 1937, reprint 1938?
52. 重編念誦集要 - DCCB1028, 1937
53. 闡教編 - DCCB0129, 1939
54. 略論佛法要義 - DCCB1317, 1941
55. 佛學撮要 - DCCB1316, 1941, substantially edited compared to 1920 edition