{"id":30488,"date":"2025-01-22T21:48:18","date_gmt":"2025-01-22T13:48:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cbeta.org\/copyright-notice"},"modified":"2026-07-02T22:25:35","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T14:25:35","slug":"copyright-notice","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cbeta.org\/en\/copyright-notice","title":{"rendered":"Copyright Notice"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-container uagb-block-d1ceac94 alignfull uagb-is-root-container\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-large-font-size\">Copyright Notice<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-container uagb-layout-flex uagb-block-10332fa5 default uagb-is-root-container\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-container uagb-layout-flex uagb-block-7d9354e9 alignwide uagb-is-root-container\">\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">The &#8220;Comprehensive Buddhist Electronic Text Archive Foundation&#8221; (abbreviated as CBETA Foundation) succeeded the &#8220;Chinese Buddhist Electronic Texts Association&#8221; (abbreviated as CBETA) on August 7, 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">The source editions for the CBETA Electronic Buddhist Text Archive (hereinafter referred to as &#8220;this archive&#8221;) are as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Taish\u014d Shinsh\u016b Daiz\u014dky\u014d [Taisho Tripitaka] (Daizo Shuppan Co., Ltd. \u00a9), Volumes 1 to 85<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Manji Shinsan Zokuz\u014dky\u014d [Xuzangjing] (Kokusho Kankokai Inc. \u00a9), Volumes 1 to 90<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Supplementaries from Historical Editions\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Jiaxing Canon (Shin Wen Feng Print Co.), Volumes 1 to 40<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Fangshan Shijing, Zhaocheng Jin Canon, Northern Yongle Canon, etc.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Rare Buddhist Texts from the National Central Library (National Central Library \u00a9)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Chinese Translation of the P\u0101\u1e37i Tipi\u1e6daka (Yuan Heng Temple \u00a9), Volumes 1 to 70<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Contemporary Compilations\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Zangwai Fojiao Wenxian [Extra-canonical Buddhist Texts] (Fang Guangchang \u00a9), Series 1 to 12<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Zhengshi Fojiao Ziliao Leibian [Passages concerning Buddhism from the Official Histories] (Du Doucheng \u00a9)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Selections of Buddhist Stone Rubbings from the Northern Dynasties (Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica \u00a9)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dazangjing Bubian [Supplement to the Dazangjing] (Lan Jifu \u00a9), Volumes 1 to 36<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Zhongguo Fosi Shizhi Huikan [Collection of Chinese Buddhist Temple Gazetteers] (Edited by Du Jiexing; digital version provided by the &#8220;Digital Archive of Chinese Buddhist Temple Gazetteers&#8221; project)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Zhongguo Fosizhi Congkan [Series of Chinese Buddhist Temple Gazetteers] (Edited by Zhang Zhi et al.; digital version provided by the &#8220;Digital Archive of Chinese Buddhist Temple Gazetteers&#8221; project)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Corpus of Venerable Yin Shun\u2019s Buddhist Studies (Yin-Shun Foundation \u00a9)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Corpus of L\u00fc Cheng\u2019s Buddhist Studies (L\u00fc Yingzhong et al. \u00a9)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Collected Works of Master Taixu (Yin-Shun Foundation \u00a9)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">This archive has officially obtained authorization for input and public distribution from the copyright holders of the source editions, including Daizo Shuppan Co., Ltd., Kokusho Kankokai Co., Ltd., the National Central Library, Yuan Heng Temple, Mr. Du Doucheng, Mr. Fang Guangchang, Mr. Lan Jifu, the Institute of History and Philology at Academia Sinica, the Yin-Shun Foundation, and Mr. L\u00fc Yingzhong. 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