Ding Fubao
Ding Fubao
was a medical doctor, and noted Chinese scholar, who worked on Buddhist subjects, known for his authoritative work, A Dictionary of Buddhist Terms, which took 8 years to write and contained more than 30,000 entries; the Shuowen jiezi, and numismatics.
The editor and publisher of Foxue congshu, Ding Fubao, combined a love of reading, a background in textual exegesis and translation, and substantial experience in publishing to produce works that would enable readers to navigate the ‘turbid sea’ of Buddhist scriptural texts. - G.A. Scott, p. 92.
Ding was a key figure in the world of Chinese numismatics, and was President of the China Numismatic Society from 1940. He was also known as Ding Zhonggu 丁仲祜 and 丁仲估.- Quanzhi jinghua lu 泉志精華錄
- Guqianxue 古錢學
- Gu qian shi yong tan 古錢實用譚
- Gu qian dacidian 古錢大辭典
- Guqian dacidian shiyi 古錢大辭典拾遺
- Gu quan xue gangyao 古泉剛要
- Guquan zaji 古泉雜記
- Lidai guqian tushou 歷代古錢圖說
- Zi cha guoyuan liang wen gu xi zhushou quan tie 子槎果園兩翁古稀祝壽泉帖
