Biography
Oeuvre
| 1870 | Born in Shimohonda (now Honda-machi 3-chome), Kanazawa on October 18th. (born "Teitaro Suzuki") | |
| 1875 | (Age 5) | Entered Honda-machi Elementary School (now Shintate-machi Elementary School). |
| 1888 | (Age 18) | Entered Fourth High School (the predecessor of Kanazawa University). |
| 1891 | (Age 21) | Went to Tokyo and entered the Imperial University, Faculty of Philosophy (now the University of Tokyo) the following year. |
| 1894 | (Age 24) | Conferred the name "Daisetz". |
| 1897 | (Age 27) | Went to the United States and worked for Open Court Publishing Company in La Salle, Illinois as an editor for 11 years where he undertook translation and interpretation. |
| 1909 | (Age 39) | Returned to Japan. Became lecturer at Gakushuin (now Gakushuin University) and Tokyo Imperial University (now the University of Tokyo), and became professor at Gakushuin the following year. |
| 1911 | (Age 41) | Married Beatrice Erskine Lane. |
| 1921 | (Age 51) | Became professor at Shinshu Otani University (now Otani University) and taught at the university until the age of 89 (1960). |
| 1936 | (Age 66) | Gave lectures at the University of Cambridge, Harvard University, among others. |
| 1945 | (Age 75) | Established Matsugaoka Bunko in Kamakura. |
| 1949 | (Age 79) | Went to the United States and gave lectures at the University of Hawaii. Became a member of the Japan Academy and received Order of Culture. |
| 1950 | (Age 80) | Gave lectures at Princeton University, New York University, among others. Lived in New York. |
| 1952 | (Age 82) | Began giving lectures at Columbia University. |
| 1954 | (Age 84) | Gave lectures in UK, Germany, Switzerland, among other countries. |
| 1958 | (Age 88) | Returned to Japan. Spent days as a researcher at Matsugaoka Bunko the following year. |
| 1961 | (Age 91) | Completed English translation of Kyogyo-shinsho. |
| 1966 | Died at St. Luke’s International Hospital on July 12th, aged 95. |
*Reference: Collected Works of Suzuki Daisetz, vol.40, Iwanami Shoten, 2003
| 1895 | Japanese translation of Paul Carus, The Gospel of Buddha |
| 1896 | New Religious Theory |
| 1898 | Japanese translation of Paul Carus, Karma |
| 1900 | Açvaghosha's Discourse on the Awakening of Faith in the Mahayana (English translation) |
| 1910 | Japanese translation of Emanuel Swedenborg, Heaven and its Wonders and Hell |
| 1913 | Swedenborg – Buddha of the North |
| 1916 | Studies in Zen Buddhism |
| 1927 | Essays in Zen Buddhism, First Series (Second Series 1933, Third Series 1934) |
| 1938 | Zen Buddhism and Its Influence on Japanese Culture |
| 1939 | Mushin to yukoto [On “No-mind”] |
| 1944 | Japanese Spirituality |
| 1948 | Tōyō to Seiyō ［East and West］ |
| 1949 | Living by Zen |
| 1959 | Zen and Japanese Culture (Revision of Zen Buddhism and Its Influence on Japanese Culture) |
| 1963 | Tōyō-teki na mikata［The Eastern Way of Seeing Things］ |
| 1965 | Tōyō no kokoro［The Eastern Thinking］ |
| 1968 | Collected Works of Suzuki Daisetz, 30 volumes, first edition (-1971) |
| 1980 | Collected Works of Suzuki Diasetz, 32 volumes, second edition (-1983) |
| 1999 | Collected Works of Suzuki Diasetz, 40 volumes, third edition (-2003) |
*Reference: Collected Works of Suzuki Daisetz, vol.40, Iwanami Shoten, 2003
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