Ding Fubao (Chinese:丁福保; 22 June 1874 – 28 November 1952) was a medical doctor, and noted Chinese scholar, who worked on

Buddhist Buddhism ( , ), also known as Buddha Dharma and Dharmavinaya (), is an Indian religion or philosophical tradition based on teachings attributed to the Buddha. It originated in northern India as a -movement in the 5th century BCE, and ...

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 ''Shuowen Jiezi'' () is an ancient Chinese dictionary from the Han dynasty. Although not the first comprehensive Chinese character dictionary (the '' Erya'' predates it), it was the first to analyze the structure of the characters and to give ...

'', and

numismatics Numismatics is the study or collection of currency, including coins, tokens, paper money, medals and related objects. Specialists, known as numismatists, are often characterized as students or collectors of coins, but the discipline also includ ...

. Ding was a key figure in the world of Chinese numismatics, and was President of the China Numismatic Society (''Zhongguo quanbi xueshe'' 中國泉幣學社) from 1940. He was also known as Ding Zhonggu 丁仲祜 and 丁仲估.

Helen Wang Helen Kay Wang (; ; born 1965) is an English sinologist and translator. She works as curator of East Asian Money at the British Museum in London. She has also published a number of literary translations from Chinese, including an award-winning tr ...

, "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'' 泉志精華錄 (1936) * ''Guqianxue'' 古錢學 * ''Gu qian shi yong tan'' 古錢實用譚 (1936) * ''Gu qian dacidian'' 古錢大辭典 (1938) * ''Guqian dacidian shiyi'' 古錢大辭典拾遺 (1939) * ''Gu quan (qian) xue gangyao'' 古泉(錢)剛要 (1940) * ''Guquan zaji'' 古泉雜記 (1933) * ''Lidai guqian tushou'' 歷代古錢圖說 (1940) * ''Zi cha guoyuan liang wen gu xi zhushou quan tie'' 子槎果園兩翁古稀祝壽泉帖

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Dictionary of Buddhist terms on WikisourceBibliography of Ding Fubao's work - Hathi TrustBibliography of Ding Fubao's work - Worldcat
1874 births 1952 deaths Chinese numismatists Chinese numismatics {{china-reli-bio-stub

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