On Astronomical Materials in Buddhist Scriptures by Weixing Niu

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The Publication and Dissemination of the Yuan Dynasty Pilu Canon by Tun Zhao

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Buddhist Nuns in Myanmar by Hiroko Kawanami

“…Every life story of these pioneer nuns conveys a single-minded determination to study the Buddhist scriptures. It tells how their early endeavours have contributed to raising the standards of nuns’ social status and changed their social perception for the positive in contemporary Myanmar.…”
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The Strategic Use of “雜” (zá) in Xuanzang’s Translations by Yanyan Shen, Zhouyuan Li

“…Building on this understanding, it becomes clear that the abstract opposition between purity and impurity in the doctrinal meanings of Buddhist scriptures was reinterpreted by Xuanzang as a concrete opposition between “清淨” (qīng jìng, “purity”) and “雜穢” (mixed filth). …”
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The Influence of Ming Dynasty Buddhism’s Chan Jing He Yi (Integration of Zen and Pure Land Buddhism 禪淨合一) on Buddhist Thought in <i>Journey to the West</i> by Ran Wei

“…Based on the historical fact that the monk Xuanzang 玄奘 journeyed to India to seek Buddhist scriptures during the Tang Dynasty’s Zhenguan period, four relatively complete literary works that recount the stories of this westward journey were published over nearly a thousand years, from the Tang Dynasty to the Ming Dynasty: <i>Da Ci En Si San Zang Fa Shi Zhuan</i> 大慈恩寺三藏法師傳, <i>Da Tang San Zang Qu Jing Shi Hua</i> 大唐三藏取經詩話, the <i>Journey to the West</i> drama 西遊記雜劇, and <i>Journey to the West</i>. …”
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