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BGIS: A Searchable Relational Database of Buddhist Monasteries in China

BGIS: A Searchable Relational Database of Buddhist Monasteries in China. Jiang Wu 吳疆 ,Associate Professor, The University of Arizona. Source materials. Chan lamp histories and Biographies of Eminent Monks 燈史/高僧傳 Monks’ Chronological Biographies 年譜 Monks’ Biographies 行實

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BGIS: A Searchable Relational Database of Buddhist Monasteries in China

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  1. BGIS:A Searchable Relational Database of Buddhist Monasteries in China Jiang Wu 吳疆,Associate Professor, The University of Arizona

  2. Source materials • Chan lamp histories and Biographies of Eminent Monks 燈史/高僧傳 • Monks’ Chronological Biographies 年譜 • Monks’ Biographies 行實 • Monks’ Recorded Sayings and Literary Collections 語錄文集 • Mountain Gazetteers 山志

  3. Hierarchy of Chan Patriarchs • One master has multiple disciples: one to many relationship • One disciple has one master: one to one relationship • Exceptions: one disciple might claim to have multiple masters: many to many relationship • Result: such a person might have positions in two different hierarchy

  4. Summary: Elements of Relationship • People (including both monks and lay believers): dharma name, literary name, birth date, death date, birth place, secular name, sectarian affiliation, dharma masters, education, degree, monasteries resided, texts rewritten or about, lay followers associated, disciples. • Monasteries: name, location (province, prefecture, county). • Texts: title, author, date of completion or printing, authors of the preface

  5. Design Model

  6. Search Functions • Basic search: allows search for single record with cross-referencing. • Monk search: if the user knows the name of a given monk, regardless dharma name, literary name, or other names, a record about this monk will be generated. In addition, this record provides links for monasteries and texts if applicable. • Monastery: if the user knows the name of a given monastery, a record about this monastery, including latitude and longitude will be generated. A map will be provided showing the location of the monastery. Links to the record of its abbots are available. • Text search: if the user knows the name of a text or its author, the search will generate the record this text plus a link to its author’s record.

  7. Advanced Search • This function allows a variety of combination of query criteria. • Search all or a limited number of generations of disciples of a given master and show their monasteries on a map. For example, search Miyun Yuanwu’s dharma heirs within ten generations and show the monasteries they presided on map. • Search all or a limited number of generations of disciples of a given master in one or two provinces or localities and show them on a map. For example, search Miyun Yuanwu’s dharma heir within three generations who resided in Zhejiang and Fujian provinces. • Search the name and number of abbots who resided in a given monastery in a given time period. For example, list all abbots who resided in Tiantong monastery from 1600-1700.

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