佛教圖書館; 寺院藏書; 寺院清規; 臺灣佛教; 近代中國佛教; 居士社團; 佛書出版; 佛學教育; Buddhist Libraries; Temple Libraries; Temple Norms; Taiwan Buddhism; Modern Chinese Buddhism; Society of Lay Buddhist; Publishing of Buddhist Books; Education of Buddhism
Summary In recent years Taiwanese are interested in religion much more than twenty years ago. As for Buddhism，more and more Buddhists are eager to read and to study books on Buddhism，but there is a problem that most libraries don't have enough collection of Buddhism. However，the quantity and quality of the Buddhist library in Taiwan has changed obviously in the 90's, which attracts me to study the development of Buddhist libraries in Taiwan.
In chapter one，I would start with my motives; purpose and the problem for investigation，then to explain why I choose historical survey as my main study method; and telephone survey as well as quantity interview is supportive one. In the end of this chapter，I will give the definition and explanation of some important terms in this study.
In chapter two，I would give a summary of the development of ancient Chinese Buddhism libraries, namely，a brief history of the management of ancient temple library. Because temple library is one of the most important systems in Chinese library history，will generally discuss the ancient temple library in terms of macroscopic study furnishing with historical documents. First of all，my focus is on the category of the collection in temple library and how do the temple library acquire it. Second，explaining how the monks deal with their collection，especially the history of call number，and the conservation of the Tripitak. Third，I will use temple norms as principal to introduce the duty of temple library management such as the job of the Cang-zhu (藏主) -- the library director，and the rules of books circulation. At last，in order to show the whole picture of the culture of the ancient Chinese temple library，the function of temple library will be discussed completely.
To realize the origin of Buddhist library in Taiwan，it is necessary to search the development of modern Chinese Buddhism and the Taiwan Buddhism in colonial era, which I would discuss in chapter three and four. In chapter three，I will point out the development of Buddhist library resulted from the movement of "Miao-chan Hsing-hseh 廟產興學 (the promotion of education with temple property)". It also influenced the rise of modern Buddhist education，the publishing of Buddhist bo
