The "Biographical Text Context Analysis System for Buddhist Temple Gazetteers" is a context analysis system with many advanced
exploratory functions. It is primarily created based on the biographical data contained in historical records of Buddhist
temples, commonly referred to as "Buddhist Temple Gazetteers." The content of the Buddhist Temple Gazetteers is highly diverse,
covering the history and development of Buddhist temples, geographical landscapes, ancestral lineages, temple land assets,
architectural monuments, significant documents, and artistic creations, among other topics. Notably, the biographical texts
contained within these gazetteers hold significant research and reference value. According to our preliminary statistics,
biographical data makes up approximately 17% of the overall content in the Buddhist Temple Gazetteers, making it the
second-largest category after artistic materials.
The system is primarily built using the "Digital Archives of Chinese Buddhist Temple Gazetteers" established by the Dharma Drum
Institute of Liberal Arts. This archive includes the digitalized version of two important collections of Temple Gazetteers, the
“Zhongguo Fosi Shizhi Huika (中國佛寺史志彙刊)” and the "Zhongguo fosizhi congkan (中国佛寺志丛刊)”. After extracting the
biographical texts from these collections, the system is developed with the DocuSky digital humanities platform from the Digital
Humanities Research Center at National Taiwan University. This allows for biographical data to be accessed not only from the
perspective of individual subjects but also preserves the semantic connections between the individuals and the temples. Through
the system's classification, mining and analysis, referencing, and visualization functions, users are able to deeply explore and
research Buddhist biographical topics across multiple contexts, including time, space, and the structural categories of the
gazetteers. This interactivity allows for in-depth exploration and research on topics related to Buddhist figures.
隋唐傳記人物出生地分析
The birthplaces analysis of biographies of Sui and Tang Dynasties
選擇「佛寺志人物傳記TGZ_Biographies」文獻集,從metadata後分類中,選擇傳主朝代:隋唐時期,進行出生地的視覺化觀察。
Using the corpus "TGZ_Biographies", and from the postClassification metadata, select the dynasty of the author: the Sui
and Tang Dynasties, and conduct a visual observation(GISLite) of the birthplaces.
寺志所收錄之傳記傳主數目分析
Analysis of the Number of Biographical Subjects Recorded in Chinese Temple Gazetteers
選擇「佛寺志人物傳記TGZ_Biographies」文獻集,從「標記詞彙tags」後分類中,選擇傳主來源寺志,後分類數字的觀察。
Select the corpus 'TGZ_Biographies', and from the ‘tags’, choose the ‘Src._Gaz._Title’ from the list of post classification fields, and observe the numbers.
傳記傳主所屬之寺志數目分析
Analysis of the Number of Gazetteers Associated with the Biographical Subjects
選擇「佛寺志人物傳記TGZ_Biographies」文獻集,從「後分類metadata」的後分類中,選擇傳主傳記來源寺志,並進行後分類數字的觀察。
Select the corpus 'TGZ_Biographies', and from the metadata, choose the ‘Gaz._Count’ from the list of post classification fields, and observe the numbers.
高影響力人物(在多個寺志有傳記)
High-Influence Individuals (with Biographies in Multiple Temple Gazetteers)
選擇「佛寺志人物傳記TGZ_Biographies」文獻集,從「後分類metadata」的後分類中,選擇「傳主傳記來源寺志數」,勾選欲觀察的數字後,再回到「標記詞彙後分類」,選擇「傳主名」,並進行觀察。
Select the corpus 'TGZ_Biographies', and from the metadata, choose the ‘Gaz._Count’ from the list of post classification fields. After selecting the numbers for observation, select the 'Tags' section, choose the Name from the list of post classification fields, and proceed with the observation.
運作範例 Sample
傳記被個寺志記載的人物
人物的影響力地圖
Map of Individual's Influence
選擇「佛寺志人物傳記TGZ_Biographies」文獻集,從「標記詞彙後分類」,選擇「傳主名」。在勾選欲觀察的傳主後,選擇「來源寺志描述地點」,再進行地圖的視覺化。
Select the corpus 'TGZ_Biographies', and from ‘tags’, choose the ‘Name’ from the list of post classification fields. After selecting the subjects you wish to observe, choose 'Src._Gaz._Coordinates', and then proceed with the map visualization function.