Canonical Text List 150 - Analysis (1)

By now, I have put up canonical text lists of 4 "traditions" making up a big list of 150 texts:

 

Western: 54 texts

CWANA: 24 texts

South Asian: 36 texts

East Asian: 36 texts

 

If we are truly honest (and clear) about using "traditions", then arguably the 5 Islamicate texts included in the South Asian list should go towards "CWANA" - which should proably be named "Islamicate" instead of CWANA (the latter more of a geographical concept), or

 

Western: 54

Islamicate (include Zoroastrian): 29

South Asian: 31

EAst Asian: 36

 

If for tradition we want to make it more religiously, we can say

 

Paganite - Christianite: 54

Zoroastrianite - Islamicate: 29

Hindu - Jain - Sikh: 25

Buddhist - Japanese: 15

Confucian - Daoist: 28 

 

If we make the analysis on pure geography:

 

Europe: 45 (= 54 - 2 - 7 works completed in Turkey, Syria, Israel / Palestine, Egypt and Algeria)

U.S.A.: 2

CWANA: 31

South Asian: 35 (=36 minus Tsong Kha Bha)

East Asian: 37

 

If we look at this list of 150 by genre, we have:

 

Foundational / Religious Classics: 12

History: 26

Philosophy (this includes political thoughts, theology, mystical works, etc.): 57

Literature: 55