Chinese Buddhist canon

Dear Prof. Sharf,

Just to add a bit more information about the treatment of the Shinsan Zokuzōkyō 新纂續藏經. As far as I can tell, the "supplemental series" (续编) will not directly reproduce those Zokuzōkyō texts of which premodern prints can be found in China; at least the publisher's plan claims that variant readings will be provided in the apparatus (whether the apparatus is critical, I don't know). For those texts that can only be found in Japan, my guess is that probably they would only punctuate the texts.

Hi Bob,

I hope someone more familiar with this project will have better information. Reputable scholars are involved in the project, and someone on this list must know more about it. However, my impression (so far) is that the "supplemental series" 续编 of the 中华大藏经（汉文部分） would not be a priority for a research library like UC Berkeley that already has many of the base texts in its collection.

Dear Dr. Sharf,

It depends on what other Chinese Canons you have in your collection.

How much are they selling it?

I'm not familiar with the project, but I can find out in Taiwan for you.

Yours truly,

James Gu

Our librarian just brought a new Chinese publishing project to my attention: Zhōnghuá dàzàng jīng xù biān《中华大藏经续编》being published by 中华书局. The description of the project is as follows:

《中华大藏经（汉文部分）.续编》是继《中华大藏经（汉文部分）.正编》（共106册，1983-1997年由中华书局出版）编纂出版后，又一个国家重大出版工程项目。《续编》约3亿余字，标点排印，分10部类（印度典籍部、南传典籍部、藏传典籍部、汉传注疏部、汉传撰著部、礼忏部、史传地志部、疑似部、音义目录部、外教部）。《续编》完成后，将与《正编》珠联璧合，成为中国历史上收罗最为广泛、内容最为宏富的汉文佛教典籍宝库。

出版信息提示：本书题名页总题名：中华大藏经续编；图书版权页题名：中华大藏经(汉文部分).续编。全书分29个书号（ISBN），预计出版330册左右，每年出版50-60册，2025年出齐。已出齐“印度典籍部”、“南传典籍部”、“藏传典籍部”，正在出版“汉传注疏部(七）”。每个部类出齐后才会出版下一部类。出版计划见“计划部分”表单。

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Dear list members,

We just wanted briefly to let you know that we have now linked the following two resources:

“Bibliography of Translations from the Chinese Buddhist Canon into Western Languages”

Dear colleagues,

On November 9 2017, I announced on this list the launch of an online reference work to help scholars track scholarship and evidence pertaining to attributions (and, by implication, dates) of Chinese Buddhist texts —the Chinese Buddhist Canonical Attributions database (CBC@).

Dear colleagues,

The CBReader allows searching through user-delimited groups of texts, rather than the entire corpus. This functionality is a powerful facet of the CBReader's search capacities. However, I have found that creation of such groups can be cumbersome with the CBReader point-and-click interface, especially if the groups one wishes to create are very large, and not captured by the traditional organisation of the canon.