There were over 200 Buddhist periodicals published in China from 1850 to 1950. Of these, many only appeared for a single issue or a very short run, but many continued to be published over decades. These publications were an important means of communication among people interested in Buddhism, a conduit for new ideas, debates and controversies, and information about the wider world of Buddhist culture.
Many periodical issues have been made available in two multi-volume reprint editions: The Mínguó fójiào qíkān wénxiàn jíchéng 民國佛教期刊文獻集成 (MFQ) and its supplement the MFQB. See the MFQ Guide for more information on the provenance of these resources.
We are currently working on 52 periodical articles. This list can be ordered alphabetically by pīnyīn title or by the date of first publication.
Gregory Adam Scott is the Periodical section editor.
| Name | Dates of Publication | Place(s) of Publication and Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 佛學叢報 Fóxué cóngbào (Buddhist Miscellany) | 1912 - 1914 | Shànghǎi 上海 |
| 佛教月報 Fójiào yuèbào (Buddhist Monthly) | 1913 | Shànghǎi 上海 |
| 覺社叢書 Juéshè cóngshū (Awakening Society Collectanea) | 1918 - 1919 | Shànghǎi 上海; Became Hǎicháo yīn in January, 1920 |
| 新佛教 Xīn fójiào (New Buddhism) | 1920 - 19?? | |
| 佛學旬刊 Fóxué xùnkān (Buddhism Weekly) | 1920? - 1933? | |
| 佛心叢刊 Fóxīn cóngkān (Buddhist Mind Collectanea) | 1922 - 19?? | |
| 內學 Nèixué (Inner Studies) | 1923 - 1928 | Nánjīng 南京 |
| 大雲 Dàyún (Great Cloud) | 1924 - 1929? | Shàoxīng 紹興 |
| 佛音 Fóyīn (Buddhist Sound) | 1923? - 19?? | |
| 新佛化旬刊 Xīnfóhuà xùnkān (New Buddhistic Weekly) | 1922 - 1923? | |
| 佛光 Fóguāng (Buddhist Light) | 1923 - 19?? | |
| 佛化新青年 Fóhuà xīn qīngnián (The Young Men's Buddhistic Monthly) | 1923 - 1924 | Hànkǒu 漢口, later Běijīng 北京 |
| 佛化世界 Fóhuà shìjiè (Buddhist World) | 1923 - 19?? | |
| 世界佛教居士林林刊 Shìjiè Fójiào jūshìlín línkān (Magazine of the World Buddhist Lay Association) | 1926[1] - 1937 | Shànghǎi 上海 |
| 佛光社社刊 Fóguāngshè shèkān (Journal of the Buddhist Light Society) | 1927 - 1932? | |
| (成都)佛化旬刊 Fóhuà xúnkān (Buddhism Weekly (Chengdu)) | 1926? - 19?? | Also indexed as 四川佛化旬刊, later became 四川佛教月刊? |
| 頻伽音隨刊 Pínqié yīn suíkān (Kalaviṇka’s Cry Occasional) | 1930 - 1934? | Guǎngzhōu 廣州 |
| 頻伽音半月刊 Pínqiéyīn bànyuèkān (Kalaviṇka’s Cry Monthly) | 1926 | |
| 頻伽音 Pínqiéyīn (Kalaviṇka’s Cry) | 1926? | |
| 仁智林叢刊 Rénzhìlín cóngkān (Humanity and Wisdom Society Collectanea) | 1926 | |
| 佛化周刊 Fóhuà zhōukān (Buddhist Weekly) | 1925 | Tàizhōu 泰州, Jiāngsū 江蘇 |
| 佛學月刊 Fóxué yuèkān (Buddhism Monthly) | 1921 | |
| 佛學月刊(北平) Fóxué yuèkān (Buddhism Monthly - Beiping Publication) | 1941 | Běijīng 北京 |
| 楞嚴特刊 Léngyán tèkān (Śūraṃgama Special Issue) | 1926? | |
| 中國佛教會公報 Zhōngguó fójiàohuì gōngbào (Official Bulletin of the Chinese Buddhist Association) | 1929 | |
| 東方文化 Dōngfāng wénhuà (Eastern Culture) | 1926 | Shànghǎi 上海 |
| 弘法社刊 Hóngfǎ shèkān (Periodical of the Dharma Propagation Society) | 1928 | Níngbō 寧波, later Yúnnán 雲南 |
| 佛化策進會會刊 Fóhuà cèjìnhuì huìkān (Journal of the Society for the Advancement of Buddhism) | 1927 | |
| 三覺叢刊 Sānjué cóngkān (Three Enlightenments Collectanea) | 1926 | |
| 弘慈佛學院年刊 Hóngcí fóxuéyuàn niánkān (Hongci Seminary Yearbook) | 1930? | |
| 佛化隨刊 Fóhuà suíkān (Buddhistic Occasional) | 1929? | |
| 北平佛化月刊 Běiping fóhuà yùkān (Beiping Buddhistic Monthly) | 1933? | |
| 佛學月報 Fóxué yuèbào (Buddhism Monthly) | 1925 | Hànyáng 漢陽, Húběi 湖北 |
| 正覺 (True Awakening) | 1930 | |
| 西藏班禪駐京辦公處月刊 (Beijing Office of the Tibetan Panchen Lama Monthly) | 1929 | |
| 威音月刊 Wēiyīn yuèkān (Mighty Sound Monthly) | 1930 | Shànghǎi 上海 |
| 四川佛教團體電請政府改定寺廟管理條例特刊 (Special Publication on Sichuan Buddhist Groups Requesting by Telegraph that the Government Amend the Rules Governing Temples) | 19?? | |
| 大佛學報 (The Great Buddhist Journal) | 1930 | |
| 宜昌居士林林刊 (Association Journal of the Yichang Lay Buddhist Association) | 1936? | |
| 中日密教 (Sino-Japanese Esotericism) | 1934 | |
| 佛學周刊‧新報 (Buddhist Weekly - New Edition) | 1935? | |
| 蓮漏聲 (Sound of the Dripping Lotus) | 1939? | |
| 法海波瀾 (Great Waves of the Dharma Sea) | 1930? | |
| 佛教評論 Fójiào pínglùn (Buddhist Critic) | 1931 | |
| 靈泉通信 (Spirituous Spring Dispatch) | 19?? | |
| 佛學半月刊 Fóxué bànyuèkān (Buddhism Semimonthly) | 1930 | Shànghǎi 上海 |
| 佛學書局圖書 (Library of the Buddhist Publishing House) | 1937? | |
| 渡舟月報 (Ship of Salvation Monthly)) | 1937 | |
| 淨宗月刊 Jìngzōng yuèkān (Pure [Land] School Monthly) | 1948 | Wēiyuǎn 威遠, Sìchuān 四川 |
| 覺迷 (Awakening Perplexity) | 1947? | |
| 內院雜刊 (Inner Hall Miscellany) | 19?? | Nánjīng 南京, Chinese Inner Studies Institute 支那內學院 |
| 學僧天地 (Learned Monastic World) | 1948 | |
| 四川佛教月刊 Sìchuān fójiào yuèkān (Sichuan Buddhist Monthly) | 1926 | Chénggdū 成都 |
| 正信 Zhèngxìn (Right Faith) | 1932 | Hànkǒu 漢口; Also published as Zhèngxìn zhōukān 正信周刊 and Zhèngxìn kàngzhàn bànyuèkān 正信抗戰半月刊 |
| 正信週刊 (Right Faith Weekly) | 1936 | Continuation of Right Faith (#054) |
| 佛學出版界[2] Fóxué chūbǎn jiè (Buddhist Publishing World) | 1932 | Shànghǎi 上海 |
| 佛教雜志 (Buddhist Magazine) | 1934 | |
| 佛教居士林特刊 (Buddhist Lay Association Special Publication) | 1933? | |
| 現代僧伽 Xiàndài sēngqié (Modern Sangha) | 1928 | Minnan Buddhist Seminary 閩南佛學院, later Cháozhōu 潮州 |
| 現代佛教 (Modern Buddhism) | 1932? | |
| 密教講習錄 (Record of Lectures on Esotericism) | 19?? | |
| 人海燈 Rén hǎidēng (Altar-Lamp of Humanity) | 1933 | Published in Xiàmén 廈門, Hong Kong 香港 and Shànghái 上海 |
| 覺社年刊 (Awakening Society Yearly) | 1934? | |
| 三教月刊 (Three Teachings Monthly) | 1935 | |
| 勸世文刊 (Literature to Exhort the World) | 1936? | |
| 北平佛教會月刊 Běipíng fójiàohuì yuèkān (Běipíng Buddhist Association Monthly) | 1935 | Běijīng 北京 |
| 山西佛教雜誌 Shānxī Fójiào zázhì (Shanxi Buddhist Magazine) | 1934 | |
| 雍和宮導觀所刊物 (Items Published by the Caretakers of the Yonghe Temple) | 1934 | |
| 報恩佛學院院刊 (Journal of the Bao'en Buddhist Seminary) | 1936? | |
| 淨土宗月刊 (Pure Land School Monthly) | 1935? | |
| 中國佛教會報 (Periodical of the Chinese Buddhist Association) | 1936? | |
| 佛化 (Buddhism) | 1933 | |
| 佛教與佛學 Fójiào yǔ Fóxué (Buddhism and Buddhist) | 1935 | Singapore |
| 守生報 (Guarding Life) | 1935? | |
| 護生報觀音專刊 (Protecting Life - Special Edition on Guanyin) | 1935? | |
| 護生報 (Protecting Life) | 1935? | |
| 佛海燈 (Lamp of the Buddha Sea) | 1935? | |
| 佛教圖書館報告 (Report of the Buddhist Library) | 1936 | |
| 佛光季刊 (Buddha-Light Quarterly) | 1949 | |
| 漢藏教理院立案文件彙編 (Collection of Registered Documents for the Sino-Tibetan Institute) | 1936 | |
| 日華佛教 (Sino-Japanese Buddhism) | 1936 | |
| 同願學報 (Common Vow Studies) | 1940 | |
| 慈航畫報 (Ship of Compassion Illustrated) | 1933? | |
| 人間覺 Rénjiān jué (Humanistic Awakening) | 1936 | Xiàmén 廈門 |
| 佛教公論 (Public Opinion on Buddhism) | 1936 | |
| 蓮社會刊 (Lotus Society) | 1934 | |
| 大生報 (Great Life) | 1936 | |
| 中國佛教學院年刊 (Chinese Institute for Buddhist Studies Yearly) | 19?? | |
| 微妙聲 (Subtle Voice) | 1936 | Běijīng 北京 by the Bodhi Study Society 菩提學會 |
| 護院特刊 (Special Edition on Hùyuàn) | 1936 | |
| 覺津雜志 (Ferry of Awakening Magazine) | 1936 | |
| 佛話新聞 (Buddha's Speech News) | 1942? | |
| 東亞佛教青年呼聲 (The Call of East Asian Buddhist Youth) | 1938 | |
| 佛教女眾 (Buddhist Women's Sangha) | 1937 | |
| 佛教季刊 (Buddhism Quarterly) | 1937 | |
| 羅漢菜雜誌 Luóhàn cài zázhì (Arhat’s Food Magazine) | 1939 | Shànghǎi 上海 |
| 覺有情 Jué yǒuqíng (Bodhisattva) | 1939 | Shànghǎi 上海 |
| 華南覺音 (South China Voice of Awakening) | 1938 | |
| 晨鐘 (Sound the Bell) | 1939 | |
| 同願 Tóng yuàn (Common Vow) | 1940 | Běijīng 北京 |
| 西北佛教週報 (Northwest Buddhism Weekly) | 1940 | |
| 佛化評論 (Buddhist Criticism) | 1940 | |
| 覺音 Juéyīn (Voice of Awakening) | 1939 | Two publications appeared under this name, one in Hong Kong 香港 and one in Macao 澳門 |
| 華北宗教年鑑 (Almanac of North China Religion) | 1941 | |
| 獅子吼月刊 (Lion's Roar Monthly) | 1940 | |
| 獅吼月刊 (Lion's Roar Monthly) | 1948 | |
| 人間佛教 Rénjiān Fójiào (Humanistic Buddhism) | 1947 | Singapore 新加坡 |
| 蓮池會聞 (Lotus Pond Assembly News) | 1941 | |
| 大雄(四川) (Great Hero (Sìchuān)) | 1942 | |
| 大雄(陜西) (Great Hero (Shǎnxī)) | 1948 | |
| 妙法輪 (Discourse on the Wonderous Dharma) | 1943 | |
| 佛教文藝 (Buddhist Literature and Arts) | 1943 | |
| 中國佛教季刊 (Chinese Religion Quarterly) | 1943 | |
| 弘化月刊 Hónghuà yuèkān (Spreading the Teaching Monthly) | 1941 | Shànghǎi 上海 |
| 中流[3] Zhōngliú (Midstream) | 1947 | Published in Zhènjiāng 鎮江 |
| 文教叢刊 Wénjiào cóngkān (Culture and Education Monograph Series) | 1945 | Nèijiāng 內江, Sìchuān 四川 |
| 陪都慈雲寺僧侶救護隊紀念刊 (Memorial Edition for the Monastic Rescue Squad of Ciyun Temple in the War-time Capital) | 1945 | |
| 覺群週報 Juéqún zhōubào (Awakening the Multitude Weekly News) | 1946 | Shànghǎi 上海 |
| 圓音月刊 (Buddha's Voice[4] Monthly) | 1947 | |
| 覺訊月刊 Juéxùn yuèkān (Awakening News Monthly) | 1947 | Shànghǎi 上海 |
| 世間解 (Worldly Salvation) | 1947 | |
| 臺灣佛教 (Taiwanese Buddhism) | 1947 | Not to be confused with the 台灣佛教 published in 1941 (see #127) |
| 慈航月刊 (Ship of Compassion Monthly) | 1947 | |
| 佛教文摘 Fójiào wénzhāi (Buddhist Digest) | 1947 | Wúxí 無錫, Jiāngsū 江蘇 |
| 佛教人間 Fójiào rénjiān (Buddhist Humanity) | 1950? | Singapore |
| 閩南佛學院 (期刊) (Mǐnnán Buddhist Seminary) | 1943 | |
| 南瀛佛教 Nányíng Fójiào (South Seas Buddhism) | 1923 | Also known as South Seas Buddhist Association News (南瀛佛教會會報 1923 - January 1930) and Taiwanese Buddhism (台灣佛教 February 1941 - December 1941) |
| 中道 Zhōngdào (Middle Way) | 1923 | Táizhōng 台中, Táiwān 台灣 |
| 淨業月刊 (Pure Karma Monthly) | 1926 | |
| 四川佛教旬刊 (Sìchuān Buddhism Weekly) | 1925? | |
| 暹羅佛教叢譚 (Collected Discourses on Siamese Buddhism) | 19?? | |
| 佛化新聞[5] Fóhuà xīnwén (Buddhist News) | 1927 | Chóngqìng 重慶, moved to Chéngdū 成都 in 1939 |
| 世界佛教居士林課程規約 (Course Outline for the World Buddhist Lay Association) | 19?? | |
| 法雨月報 (Dharma Rain Monthly) | 1931 | |
| 漳州南山學校校刊 (School Journal of the Zhāngzhōu Nánshān School) | 1928 | |
| 鄞縣佛教會會刊 (Journal of the Yín County Buddhist Association) | 1934 | |
| 喜報 (Good News) | 19?? | |
| 慧燈月刊 (Lamp of Wisdom Monthly) | 1942? | |
| 敬佛月刊 (Respecting the Buddha Monthly) | 1935 | |
| 觀宗概況 (Report on the Guānzōng [School]) | 1936? | |
| 大乘月刊 (Mahāyāna Monthly) | 1939? | |
| 無錫佛教淨業社年刊 (Wúxī Buddhist Pure Karma Society Annual) | 1937 | |
| 鴻嗷輯 (Cry of the Starving) | 1934 | |
| 息灾專刊 (Special Edition on Disaster Relief) | 1928? | |
| 天津佛教居士林林刊 (Journal of the Tiānjīn Lay Buddhist Association) | 1928? | |
| 南詢集 (Collection of Southern Inquiries)[6] | 1935 | |
| 莫干山蓮社特刊 (Special Edition on the Mògān Mountain Lotus Society) | 1937 | |
| 山西佛教月刊 (Shānxī Buddhism Monthly) | 1929 | |
| 佛教書局圖書目錄 (Index of Books by Buddhist Publishers) | 1930? | |
| 海潮音 Hǎicháo yīn (Sound of the Sea Tide) | 1920 | Shànghǎi, Hángzhōu, Běijīng, Hánkǒu, Wǔchāng, Chóngqìng, Nánjīng; Originally published as Juéshè cóngshū 覺社叢書 in 1918 |
| 佛化 (The Decadal Edition is Buddhism)[7] | 1921 | Shànghǎi 上海; See also the later periodical of the same name (#072) |
| 佛學匯刊 (Collectanea of Buddhism) | 1923 | Shànghǎi 上海; Only two issues published |
| 宏化特刊 (Special Edition on Vast Conversion) | 1922 | Shànghǎi 上海 |
| 班禪東來記 (Record of the Panchen Lama's Visit to the East) | 1925 | Shànghǎi 上海 |
| (武昌)佛學院第一班同學錄 (Record of the First Class of the (Wǔchāng) Buddhist Seminary) | 1924 | |
| 臺灣佛教新報 (Taiwanese Buddhist News) | 1925 | Táiběi 臺北 |
| 蘇城隱貧會旬刊 (Weekly Publication of the Sūzhōu Association for the Poor) | 1925 | Sūzhōu 蘇州 |
| 蘇城隱貧會旬刊匯編 (Collected Articles from the Weekly Publication of the Sūzhōu Association for the Poor) | 1926 | Sūzhōu 蘇州 |
| 覺社叢書選本 (Selected Writings from the Awakening Society Collectanea) | 1925? | Wǔchāng 武昌 |
| (上海)佛化旬刊 (Buddhist Weekly (Shànghǎi)) | 1925 | Shànghǎi 上海 |
| 佛化季刊 (Buddhist Quarterly) | 1925 | Cháoān 潮安? - Single Issue |
| 世界佛教居士林勸募基金會特刊 (Special Publication from the Fund-raising Committee of the World Lay Buddhist Association) | 1925 | Shànghǎi 上海 |
| 迦音社周刊 (The Buddha's Voice Society Weekly) | 1925 | Hángzhōu 杭州 - Only one issue (#67) in MFQB |
| 金光明法會特刊 (Special Publication of the Jīnguāngmíng Dharma Assembly) | 1926 | Tiānjīn 天津 - Single Issue |
| 新燈 (Light of the Mind) | 1926 | Shànghǎi 上海 |
| 中國佛學 (Chinese Buddhism) | 1928 | Nánjīng 南京 - Single Issue |
| 藏民聲涙[8] (Tearful Cry of the Tibetan People) | 1928 | Nánjīng 南京 - Single Issue |
| 晨鐘 (Morning Bell) | 1927 | Sūzhōu 蘇州 - Only three issues published |
| 佛寶旬刊 (Buddha Treasures Weekly) | 1927 | Běijīng 北京 |
| 中華民國佛教機關調查錄 (Record of the Investigation into Buddhist Organizations in the Republic of China) | 1929 | Tai county 泰縣, Jiāngsū 江蘇 - Only two issues published |
| 浙江全省佛教會旬(月)刊 (All-Zhèjiāng Buddhist Association Weekly (Monthly)) | 1928 | Hángzhōu 杭州 - Changed to a monthly in 1929 |
| 化佛造像 (Images of Huàfó) | 1929 | Shànghǎi 上海 - Showcases the Buddha images of Qián Sūhàn 錢蘇漢, also called Huàfó 化佛; Only one issue (#1) in MFQB |
| 慈航 (Raft of Compassion) | 1929 | Shànghǎi 上海 - Only one issue (#2) in MFQB |
| 鐘聲 (Sound of the Bell) | 1930 | Shànghǎi 上海 - Single Issue |
| 內院雜刊(佛法非宗教非哲學) (Inner Studies Institute Magazine - Buddhism is Neither Religion Nor Philosophy Edition) | 1937? | Nánjīng? 南京 - Single Issue |
| 江南九華佛學院院刊 (Publication of the Jiǔhuá, Jiāngnán Buddhist Studies Institute) | 1931 | Shànghǎi 上海 - Single Issue |
| 西南和平法會特刊 (Special Publication of the Southeast Dharma Assembly for Peace) | 1931 | Chóngqìng 重慶 - Single Issue |
| 解行精舍第一次特刊 (First Special Publication of the Jiěxíng Hermitage) | 1932 | Guǎngzhōu 廣州 - Single Issue |
| 台灣佛教 Táiwān Fójiào (Taiwanese Buddhism) | 1947 | Táiběi 台北, Táiwān 台灣 |
| 香海佛化刊 Xiānghǎi Fóhuà kān (Fragrant Ocean Buddhist Periodical) | 1932 | Hong Kong 香港 |
| 廣長舌 Guǎngcháng shé (Broad and Long Tongue) | 1930 | Shànghǎi 上海 |
| 正覺雜誌 Zhèngjué zázhì (True Enlightenment Magazine) | 1930 | Běijīng 北京 |
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