Jiangbei kejingchu 江北刻經處

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Northern Jiāngsū Scriptural Press 江北刻經處
  • Established 1874 in Zhuānqiáo town 磚橋鎮, Yángzhōu 揚州, Jiāngsū 江蘇 province
  • Ceased operations in the 1930s or 1940s
Notable Associates:
  • Miàokōng 妙空 (Founder)
  • Jìngzhī 鏡之
  • Lǎngyuè 朗月

Sometimes also called 江北磚橋刻經處

  • Article editor: Gregory Adam Scott

The Northern Jiāngsū Scriptural Press (Jiāngběi kèjīngchù 江北刻經處) was an important Buddhist press of the late Qīng 清未 period, founded by a former associate of the Jīnlíng Scriptural Press 金陵刻經處.

History

Miàokōng 妙空 (1826 - 1880; lay name Zhèng Xuéchuān 鄭學川) was an early associate of Yáng Wénhuì 楊文會 and collaborated in establishing the latter's Jīnlíng Scriptural Press 金陵刻經處. Although he was the the ranking monastic in the press management, Miàokōng also established presses in other Jiāngnán 江南 cities such as Sūzhōu 蘇州 and Hángzhōu 杭州. In 1874 Miàokōng set up the Northern Jiāngsū Scriptural Press in Zhuānqiáo town 磚橋鎮, Yángzhōu 揚州. The press specialized in the Prajñā-pāramitā sūtras. In 1883 the press published the Mahā-prajñā-pāramitā-sūtra 大般若波羅蜜經 in 600 fascicles, and although Miàokōng did not live to see the project completed, his disciple Jìngzhī 鏡之 ensured that his mentor's wishes were carried out.

During the war, the temple building housing the press was destroyed by Japanese soldiers, and the woodblocks were scattered to nearby temples. Many of the blocks were stored exposed to the elements, or were burned by soldiers. After 1949, those that remained, over 22,900 of them, were moved to the Jīnlíng Scriptural Press under the authority of the Chinese Buddhist Association 中國佛教協會.


Bibliography

This list is largely based on a Worldcat search, and is incomplete. It also includes works that were co-published by the Jīnlíng Scriptural Press.

  • 法雲. 翻譯名義集. 江北刻經處, 1873.
  • 慈悲道場水懺. 3卷. 江北刻經處, 1873.
  • 闍那崛多, 笈多等譯. 大方等大集賢護經. 5卷. 江北刻經處, 1873.
  • 竺法護譯. 佛說大浄法門品經. 江北刻經處, 1875.
  • 月婆首那譯. 勝天王般若波羅密經. 7卷. 江北刻經處, 1876.
  • 玄奘譯. 大般若經. 江北刻經處, 1883.
  • 慧皎撰, 道宣撰. 高僧傳初集. 15卷. 江北刻經處, 1884 - 1887.
  • 慧皎等撰. 高僧傳. 金陵刻經處; 江北刻經處, 1884 - 1909.
  • 維祇難等譯. 佛說四十二章經; 法句經. 江北刻經處, 1888.
  • 法救造, 竺佛念譯. 出曜經. 江北刻經處, 1889.
  • 菩提畱支譯. 大薩遮尼乾子受記經. 10卷. 江北刻經處, 1893?
  • Lóugé cóngshū 樓閣叢書 (The Tower Collectanea), 20 Vols. Edited by Zhèng Xuéchuān 鄭學川, 1914.
    • This was a reprint of a late-Qīng series. A 1914 copy examined did not have an imprint from the Jiāngběi press.
  • 懷海集編, 儀潤證義. 百丈叢林清規證義記. 江北刻經處, 1917.
  • 吉迦夜, 曇曜譯. 雜寶藏經. 江北刻經處; 磚橋法藏寺, 1920.

References and Resources

  • Wáng Chéng 王澄. Yángzhōu kèshū kǎo 揚州刻書考. Yángzhōu: Guǎnglíng shūshè, 2003. Pp. 317-323.
  • Wǔ Yuánkāng 武元康. "妙空法師和江北刻經處". Fójiào wénhuà 佛教文化, 1999, Vol. 1.
  • Shì Dōngchū 釋東初. Zhōngguó Fójiào jìndài shǐ 中國佛教近代史 (A History of Early Contemporary Chinese Buddhism), in Dōngchū lǎorén quánjí 東初老人全集 (Complete Collection of Old Man Dongchu), vols. 1-2. Taipei: Dongchu, 1974 P. 1.249.
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