《暮鼓晨鐘問到明》 BUDDHIST DAWN: QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
This independent, non-commercial, and non-political website is the official website for posting portable-document-format (PDF) files of a book of Buddhist studies co-authored by Lung, Tin Yick (龍天翼), who is a bilingual poet and a retired professional engineer, and Shi, Ji Chuan (釋繼傳), who is a Buddhist monk and the incumbent abbot of a Buddhist monastery. This book introduces some basic doctrines of Buddhism by using an innovative approach, resolves perplexities by clearing up misconceptions, and investigates the limits of seeking congruities between Buddhism and science by penetrating the crux of the issue. It has the depth of academic writing but is easy for the layperson to comprehend. The 2014 Chinese edition and the 2020 English edition have been assigned different English titles as shown below in chronological order. Efforts have been made in the 2020 English edition to correct some common misapprehensions about Confucianism since Western ethics and Confucian ethics are discussed as a lead-in in the chapter on Buddhist ethics and since the average English reader is not likely as familiar with Confucianism as the average Chinese reader is. Friendly readers from all parts of the world are welcome to view the contents of both editions online without obligation by clicking on the images below. The PDF files posted here are printable and downloadable but please bear in mind that all editions of this book are copyrighted and are not for sale. Also, the webmaster recommends against any retransmission of the posted PDF files since a copy file can be exposed to a higher risk of modification by hackers.
| |
《暮鼓晨鐘問到明》(初版) 作者: 龍天翼 釋繼傳
Date of Upload: 2014-09-18
This is the 2014 Chinese edition, whose English title "Mu Gu Chen Zhong Wen Dao Ming" is the pinyin of the Chinese title without tone marks. It is copyrighted but no ISBN has been assigned since the book is not for sale. Paperback copies were printed in Hong Kong, China in 2014. The entire text was written in traditional Chinse characters except for English terms included for cross-reference and English works cited in the endnotes and bibliography. The approximate dimension of the book is 216-mm x 279-mm x 8-mm (8.5-inch x 11.0-inch x 0.3-inch). The PDF file has 128 pages and it does not include the front cover (image as shown) or the back cover. A second Chinese edition may be released in 2021 to show some minor emendations.
BUDDHIST DAWN: QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (1st Edition)
by Lung, Tin Yick and Shi, Ji Chuan
Date of Upload: 2020-12-19
This is the 2020 English edition. It is copyrighted but no ISBN has been assigned since the book is not for sale. The main text is essentially a translation of the 2014 Chinese edition with some general editing but a significant amount of information has been added in the form of endnotes. The PDF file posted here has 186 pages, including the front cover but not the back cover. It is formatted for printing on 216-mm x 279-mm paper but no hardcover or paperback copies have been printed yet.
| |
This website is currently not set up to receive correspondence. Readers who have questions regarding either edition of this book can contact their authors directly. Depending on the authors' availability and depending on the scope and nature of the question(s), there may or may not be a response. In the event of a response, the sender's name and question(s) may be posted on this website with the answer(s) provided by one of the authors.
Thank you for visiting this website and I hope you will find the posted information useful.
The Webmaster
(Home Page - Date of last revision: 2020-12-19)