Zeng Puxin 曾普信

Zēng Pǔxìn 曾普信 (1902-1977)

Alternate name 又名: Zēng Jǐnglái 曾景來 Born 1902 in Kao-hsiung 高雄, Taiwan 台灣 Died 1977

Notable Associates: Shì Dōngchū 釋東初

Article editor: Erik Hammerstrom

Zēng Pǔxìn 曾普信 (1902-1977) was a Taiwanese Sōtō 曹洞 priest.

Biography

Zēng studied in Japan from 1921 to 1929, graduating from college in March 1928. The following March 18, he became a Sōtō missionary. In 1931, he became a teacher at the Taiwanese Buddhist High School 台灣佛教中學林.

From 1932 to 1940 he spent his time studying and writing. In 1939, he wrote 臺灣宗教と迷信陋習, the work for which he is best known.

From 1947, he edited the magazine Taiwanese Buddhism 台灣佛教.

In 1949 he became abbot of Dōngjìng Temple 東淨寺 in Hua-lien 華蓮 That same year, he helped the mainland monk Shì Dōngchū 釋東初 establish himself at Fǎzàng Temple 法藏寺 in Běitóu 北投.

He retired in 1965.

Major Works

• 臺灣宗教と迷信陋習, 1939.

References

• Xǔ Xuějī 許雪姬, et al, eds. Táiwān lìshǐ cídiǎn 臺灣歷史辭典 (Historical Dictionary of Taiwan). Taipei: Yuan-Liou, 2003. Pp. 884-885.