Gregory Adam Scott 史瑞戈
@sudasana.bsky.social
無子養貓居士; Senior Lecturer (≈assoc prof) in Chinese Culture & History, Deputy Head of Modern Languages and Cultures, University of Manchester; Building the Buddhist Revival (OUP 2020) https://academic.oup.com/book/33577; https://crta.info
WFM vinyl for today. An especially great album for a cold rainy November day
November 10, 2025 at 12:56 PM
WFM vinyl for today. An especially great album for a cold rainy November day
This is an incredible project. Zooming in on my current home of Chester it shows how the current main streets run right overtop the route of the old Roman roads (I expect the offset is due to the map, not the terrain)
November 7, 2025 at 3:03 PM
This is an incredible project. Zooming in on my current home of Chester it shows how the current main streets run right overtop the route of the old Roman roads (I expect the offset is due to the map, not the terrain)
My first record for today's soundtrack to Getting Shit Done
November 7, 2025 at 8:43 AM
My first record for today's soundtrack to Getting Shit Done
For #WoodblockWednesday, this 1908 edition of 重訂教乘法數 (Reprinted Categories of Buddhist Concepts and Teachings) printed by the Tianning Monastery in Changzhou. Composed in the Ming, it lays out how all the various conceptual systems of Buddhism fit together. commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NL...
November 5, 2025 at 11:04 AM
For #WoodblockWednesday, this 1908 edition of 重訂教乘法數 (Reprinted Categories of Buddhist Concepts and Teachings) printed by the Tianning Monastery in Changzhou. Composed in the Ming, it lays out how all the various conceptual systems of Buddhism fit together. commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NL...
October 31, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Post a vampire that's not Dracula.
October 29, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Post a vampire that's not Dracula.
Found this great illustrated edition of 子不語 (What the Master Didn't Say) from 1914. Printed using lithography, each volume has a few illustrations followed by the text in a compact font. All four volumes are on the @wikimediafoundation.org Commons: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:SS...
October 27, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Found this great illustrated edition of 子不語 (What the Master Didn't Say) from 1914. Printed using lithography, each volume has a few illustrations followed by the text in a compact font. All four volumes are on the @wikimediafoundation.org Commons: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:SS...
What's it like inside your head?
October 23, 2025 at 7:37 PM
What's it like inside your head?
Tempted by Mara to give up the path
October 22, 2025 at 6:37 AM
Tempted by Mara to give up the path
Becoming a renunciant
October 22, 2025 at 6:37 AM
Becoming a renunciant
Encountering a dead body while outside the palace
October 22, 2025 at 6:37 AM
Encountering a dead body while outside the palace
The scenes are depicted using East Asian architecture and clothing, and include some really charming animals
October 22, 2025 at 6:37 AM
The scenes are depicted using East Asian architecture and clothing, and include some really charming animals
For #WoodblockWednesday here's 釋氏源流 (Origins of the Shakya Clan), with a preface dated 1490 CE. Printed in the Joseon dynasty in Korea. Illustrations and short texts tell the story of the Buddha's life and manifestations of his power in history.
October 22, 2025 at 6:37 AM
For #WoodblockWednesday here's 釋氏源流 (Origins of the Shakya Clan), with a preface dated 1490 CE. Printed in the Joseon dynasty in Korea. Illustrations and short texts tell the story of the Buddha's life and manifestations of his power in history.
Another day, another chart. Books in the 1938 Buddhist Studies Press Beiping branch catalogue by creator. 3172 total books listed. The Jinling Scriptural Press (Nanjing) dominates, but the representation of the Changzhou and Hangzhou presses is impressive. I've removed labels for presses with <1%
October 21, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Another day, another chart. Books in the 1938 Buddhist Studies Press Beiping branch catalogue by creator. 3172 total books listed. The Jinling Scriptural Press (Nanjing) dominates, but the representation of the Changzhou and Hangzhou presses is impressive. I've removed labels for presses with <1%
"Welcome to Reprint!"
An ad with prices to reprint and distribute A Brief Discussion of the Śūraṅgama Sūtra, 1933, published by the Central Scriptural Press 中央刻經院 in Beiping. A list of categories of items they can produce appears below. crta.info/wiki/%E6%A5%...
An ad with prices to reprint and distribute A Brief Discussion of the Śūraṅgama Sūtra, 1933, published by the Central Scriptural Press 中央刻經院 in Beiping. A list of categories of items they can produce appears below. crta.info/wiki/%E6%A5%...
October 15, 2025 at 12:02 PM
"Welcome to Reprint!"
An ad with prices to reprint and distribute A Brief Discussion of the Śūraṅgama Sūtra, 1933, published by the Central Scriptural Press 中央刻經院 in Beiping. A list of categories of items they can produce appears below. crta.info/wiki/%E6%A5%...
An ad with prices to reprint and distribute A Brief Discussion of the Śūraṅgama Sūtra, 1933, published by the Central Scriptural Press 中央刻經院 in Beiping. A list of categories of items they can produce appears below. crta.info/wiki/%E6%A5%...
Crunched some interesting data from a 1938 Buddhist book catalogue, 佛學圖書目錄. Of approximately 3467 books listed, nearly 3/4 were woodblock printed works. This old technology remained in widespread use through the modern era. crta.info/wiki/%E4%BD%...
October 14, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Crunched some interesting data from a 1938 Buddhist book catalogue, 佛學圖書目錄. Of approximately 3467 books listed, nearly 3/4 were woodblock printed works. This old technology remained in widespread use through the modern era. crta.info/wiki/%E4%BD%...
"Don't you want to read this tale of academic horror?"
"No thanks,
"No thanks,
October 13, 2025 at 11:48 AM
"Don't you want to read this tale of academic horror?"
"No thanks,
"No thanks,
October coming in like
October 1, 2025 at 6:39 AM
October coming in like
A spray of Autumn colour in Chester
September 30, 2025 at 12:18 PM
A spray of Autumn colour in Chester