Taixu 太虛

Tàixū 太虛 (1890-1947)

Lay name 俗名: Lǔ Pèilín 吕沛林 Dharma name 法名: Wéixīn 唯心 Pen name 筆名: Bēihuá 悲華[1] Born 1/8, 1890 (Guāngxù 光緒 16) in Cháng'ān Town 長安鎮, Hǎiníng county 海寧縣, Zhèjiāng 浙江 Died 3/17, 1947 (Mínguó 民國 36) at Yùfó Temple 玉佛寺, Shànghǎi 上海

Notable Associates: Fǎfǎng 法舫 Dàojiē 道階 Yú Déyuán 虞德元 Zhāng Huàshēng 張化聲 Mǎnzhì 滿智 Zhīfēng 芝峰 Dàxǐng 大醒 Táng Dàyuán 唐大圓 Yáng Wénhuì 楊文會 Yù Huìguān 玉慧觀 Chángxǐng 常惺 Dìxián 諦閑 Huáng Chànhuá 黃懺華 Fàn Gǔnóng 范古農 Yuányīng 圓瑛 Fúshàn 福善 Míngshān 茗山 Shànyīn 善因 Huìjué 會覺 Shǐ Yīrú 史一如 Hán Qīngjìng 韓清淨 Wáng Yītíng 王一亭 Kōngyě 空也 Zōngyǎng 宗仰 Hú Zǐhù 胡子笏 Chén Yuánbái 陳元白 Wáng Sēnfǔ 王森甫 Táiyuán 台源 Rénshān 仁山

Article editor: Gregory Adam Scott

Tàixū 太虛 (1890-1947)

Tàixū was one of the most influential and well-known Chinese Buddhist figures of the modern era, a reformer who established seminaries and Buddhist periodicals, such as his long-running Hǎicháo yīn 海潮音.

Biography

Important Works

• Lectures in Buddhism. Paris: Les Amis de Bouddhisme, 1928.
• 佛學的將來 (The Future of Buddhism), 1935.
• 法相唯識學 (Dharmalakṣaṇa and Consciousness-Only), 1938.
• 護國言論集 (Collected Speeches on Protecting the Nation), 1939
• 太虛大師全書 (The Complete Works of Venerable Taixu), 20 Vols., 1956.
• 整頓僧伽制度論 (On Reorganizing the Monastic System), 1958.

Notes

1. ↑ Luo Tongbing connects Tàixū to this pen name in a forthcoming volume

References:

• Pittman, Don A. Toward a Modern Chinese Buddhism: Taixu's Reforms. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 2001.
• Shì Dōngchū 釋東初. Zhōngguó Fójiào jìndài shǐ 中國佛教近代史 (A History of Early Contemporary Chinese Buddhism), in Dōngchū lǎorén quánjí 東初老人全集 (Complete Collection of Old Man Dongchu), vols. 1-2. Taipei: Dongchu, 1974 Pp. 2.805-811.
• Shì Tàixū 釋太虛. Tàixū dàshī quánshū 太虛大師全書, 10 vols. Beijing: Zongjiao wenhua chubanshe, 2005.
• Shì Tàixū 釋太虛, ed. Fǎxiàng wéishì xué 法相唯識學. Beijing: Shangwu yinshuguan, 2002. Originally published in Chángshā 長沙, c. 1938.
• Yú Língbō 于凌波, ed. Xiàndài Fójiào rénwù cídiǎn 現代佛教人物辭典 (A Dictionary of Modern Buddhist Persons), 2 vols. Taipei: Foguang, 2004. Pp. 1.95b-97c.