The 1910s was the decade that saw the fall of the Qīng dynasty, the establishment of the Republic of China 中華民國, and the start of the Warlord era.
1910
- 1910 in the Western calendar is roughly equivalent to:
- Buddhist Events
- Jiāngsū Sangha Education Association 江蘇僧教育會 founded, Yuèxiá 月霞 is president
- Buddhist Normal School for Monastics 佛教師範僧學校 established in Nánjīng 南京, Dìxián 諦閑 is principal
- The Jetavana Hermitage 祇洹精舍 closes
- Political Events
1911
- 1911 in the Western calendar is roughly equivalent to:
- Buddhist Events
- Yáng Wénhuì 楊文會 dies on October 8
- Political Events
- October 10: Wǔchāng Uprising 武昌起義, Xīnhài revolution begins
1912
- 1912 in the Western calendar is roughly equivalent to:
- Buddhist Events
- February: The Invasion of Jinshan 大鬧金山
- March 20 to April 1: The lay-dominated Chinese Buddhist Association 中國佛教會 organized
- April 1: Chinese General Buddhist Association 中華佛教總會 established
- October: Fóxué cóngbào 佛學叢報 begins publication
- Huáyán University 華嚴大學 started in Shànghǎi 上海 by Yuèxiá 月霞
- Dìxián 諦閑 becomes abbot of Guānzōng Lecture Temple 觀宗講寺
- Political Events
- January 1: Republic of China 中華民國 proclaimed, Mínguó 民國 era begins
- February 12: Emperor Pǔyí 溥儀 formally abdicates, Xuāntǒng 宣統 era ends
- March 10: Yuán Shìkǎi 袁世凱 takes office of President of the ROC
- July 30: Meiji era ends, Taishō era begins in Japan
- August 25: Founding of the Republican Party 國民黨
1913
- 1913 in the Western calendar is roughly equivalent to:
- Buddhist Events
- Political Events
- March: Song Jiaoren 宋教仁 assassinated
1914
- 1914 in the Western calendar is roughly equivalent to:
- Buddhist Events
- March: Huáyán University 華嚴大學 moves to Hǎicháo Temple 海潮寺 in Hángzhōu 杭州
- July: Fóxué cóngbào 佛學叢報 ceases publication
- November: Yuányīng 圓瑛 begins a trip to Southeast Asia
- Political Events
- August 23: The Republic of China cancels German lease of Jiāozhōu Bay 膠州灣
- November 7: Jiāozhōu Bay occupied by Japan
1915
- 1915 in the Western calendar is roughly equivalent to:
- Buddhist Events
- Political Events
- January 18: Japan's "Twenty-One Demands" delivered to the Chinese government
1916
- 1916 in the Western calendar is roughly equivalent to:
- Buddhist Events
- Yuèxiá 月霞 becomes abbot of Xīngfú Temple 興福寺
- Political Events
- January 1: Yuan Shikai proclaimed Emperor of the Empire of China
- March 22: Yuan Shikai abandons status of Emperor
- June 5/6: Yuan Shikai dies
- Start of the "Warlord Era"
1917
- 1917 in the Western calendar is roughly equivalent to:
- Buddhist Events
- The Chinese General Buddhist Association 中華佛教總會 is reorganized as the Chinese Buddhist Association 中華佛教會 in Běijīng 北京
- Political Events
- July 1: Qing Dynasty proclaimed restored by Zhang Xun 張勳
- July 12: Qing restoration abandoned
1918
- 1918 in the Western calendar is roughly equivalent to:
- Buddhist Events
- Summer: The Awakening Society 覺社 is founded in Shànghǎi 上海
- October 10: Juéshè cóngshū 覺社叢書 beings publication
- The Guānzōng Research Society 觀宗研究社, a Buddhist seminary, is founded by Dìxián 諦閑 at Guānzōng Temple 觀宗寺
- The Bějīing Scriptural Press 北京刻經處 is founded by Xú Wèirú 徐蔚如 and others
- Political Events
1919
- 1919 in the Western calendar is roughly equivalent to:
- Buddhist Events
- April 17: Timothy Richard 李提摩太 dies in London
- The Chinese Buddhist Association 中華佛教會 is shut down by the Běijīng 北京 Police
- Dharmadhatu Seminary 法界學院 opens
- The Tiānjīn Scriptural Press 天津刻經處 is founded by Xú Wèirú 徐蔚如 and others
- At the end of the year, the headquarters of the Awakening Society 覺社 are moved from Shànghǎi 上海 to the Jìngfàn yuàn 淨梵院 on the West Lake in Hángzhōu 杭州
- Political Events
- May 4: Student demonstrations of the "May Fourth Movement" in Běijīng 北京
- October 10: Sūn Zhōngshān 孫中山 establishes the Chinese Republican Party in Shànghǎi 上海