Ding Fubao (Chinese: ; 22 June 1874 – 28 November 1952) 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.
Ding was a key figure in the world of Chinese numismatics, and was President of the China Numismatic Society (Zhongguo quanbi xueshe ) from 1940. He was also known as Ding Zhonggu and .Helen Wang, "A short history of Chinese numismatics in European languages", in Early China vols 35-36 (2012-2013), pp. 395-429, esp. p. 418.
Publications (on numismatics) Quanzhi jinghua lu (1936) Guqianxue Gu qian shi yong tan (1936) Gu qian dacidian (1938) Guqian dacidian shiyi (1939) Gu quan (qian) xue gangyao (1940) Guquan zaji (1933) Lidai guqian tushou (1940) Zi cha guoyuan liang wen gu xi zhushou quan tie
References
Further reading Gregory Adam Scott, "Navigating the Sea of Scriptures: The Buddhist Studies Collectanea, 1918–1923", chapter 3 of Philip Clart, Gregory Adam Scott (eds) Religious Publishing and Print Culture in Modern China: 1800–2012, Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG, 2015.
External links Dictionary of Buddhist terms on Wikisource Bibliography of Ding Fubao's work - HathiTrust Bibliography of Ding Fubao's work - Worldcat