Biographies of Sung figures will be found in historical
encyclopedias listed in Section IV. There is one biographical
dictionary for the Sung period:
Vols. 1-3 contain 406 biographies, prepared by various scholars; Vol.
4 contains 35 biographies of painters. There is no index; there is a table
of contents. Biographies are in alphabetical order.
For Song authors, see:
For painters see, in addition to Volume 4 of Sung Biographies:
as well as
For painters note also:
Specifically for the Ch'an Buddhists, see
Ref (J) BQ9259.Z45
LoC: BQ9259 .Z45 |
Zengaku daijiten.
禪學大辭典
(Great dictionary of Ch'an Buddhism).
Komazawa daigaku nai Zengaku daijiten hensanjo
駒澤大學內禪學大辭典編纂所 comp.
Tokyo: Daishūkan shoten, 1978. 3 volumes.
New ed.: Shinpan Zengaku daijiten
新版禪學大辭典
Zengaku daijiten hensanjo 禪學大辭典編纂所
Tokyo: Daishūkan shoten, 1985. |
Biographies will also be found in various historical
encyclopedias, in particular the Sung shih volume of the
Chung-kuo li-shih ta tz'u-tien, the Ajia rekishi
daijiten, and in the work immediately below.
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