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	In [[1941]], Fǎfǎng received permission to travel to Sri Lanka (through Burma) for more than a year, and then on to India, where he arrived in February, [[1943]]. There he studied English, Sanskrit, and Pāli. Upon his return to China, he opened a Pāli Studies Institute in Xī’ān [[西安]], the purpose of which was exchange of monks between Sri Lanka and China. After Tàixū died in the spring of [[1947]], Fǎfǎng traveled to Malaysia and Hong Kong, meeting with Chinese communities in southeast Asia. He then briefly took over the Wǔchāng Buddhist Seminary again, starting a new term.		In [[1941]], Fǎfǎng received permission to travel to Sri Lanka (through Burma) for more than a year, and then on to India, where he arrived in February, [[1943]]. There he studied English, Sanskrit, and Pāli. Upon his return to China, he opened a Pāli Studies Institute in Xī’ān [[西安]], the purpose of which was exchange of monks between Sri Lanka and China. After Tàixū died in the spring of [[1947]], Fǎfǎng traveled to Malaysia and Hong Kong, meeting with Chinese communities in southeast Asia. He then briefly took over the Wǔchāng Buddhist Seminary again, starting a new term.

-	During the summer and winter of [[1949]], he lectured in Hong Kong. The lectures he gave in May, 1949, at Hong Kong's Dōngliān juéyuàn 東蓮覺苑 on Consciousness-Only thought where later collected and published as ''Wéishì shǐguān jí qí zhéxué'' 唯識史觀及其哲學 (Consciousness-Only: Its Historical Viewpoint and Philosophy). Fǎfǎng eventually settled in Sri Lanka where he lectured on Chinese Buddhism at a Sri Lankan University.	+	During the summer and winter of [[1949]], he lectured in Hong Kong. The lectures he gave in May, 1949, at Hong Kong's Dōngliān juéyuàn 東蓮覺苑 on Consciousness-Only [[唯識]] thought where later collected and published as ''Wéishì shǐguān jí qí zhéxué'' 唯識史觀及其哲學 (Consciousness-Only: Its Historical Viewpoint and Philosophy). Fǎfǎng eventually settled in Sri Lanka where he lectured on Chinese Buddhism at a Sri Lankan University.

	He died of a brain hemorrhage in Sri Lanka on October 3, 1951.		He died of a brain hemorrhage in Sri Lanka on October 3, 1951.

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	\|birth=[[1904]] (Guāngxù 光緒 30)		\|birth=[[1904]] (Guāngxù 光緒 30)
-	\|death=October 3, 1951 (Mínguó 民國 40) in Sri Lanka ~~of a brain hemorrhage~~	+	\|death=of a brain hemorrhage October 3, 1951 (Mínguó 民國 40) in Sri Lanka
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	* Chángxǐng [[常惺]]		* Chángxǐng [[常惺]]
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-	'''Fǎfǎng 法舫 (1904-1951)''' was a close disciple of Tàixū [[太虛]], and was involved with many of the Buddhist seminaries and organizations associated with him. Fǎfǎng was particularly involved in international activities, and worked in Chinese, Japanese, English, Pāli and Sanskrit~~. He edited and wrote a large number of articles for the ''Hǎicháo yīn'' [[海潮音]] as well~~.	+	'''Fǎfǎng 法舫 (1904-1951)''' was a close disciple of Tàixū [[太虛]], and was involved with many of the Buddhist seminaries and organizations associated with him. Fǎfǎng was particularly involved in international activities, and worked in Chinese, Japanese, English, Pāli and Sanskrit.

	==Biography==		==Biography==

-	Fǎfǎng was born in farming family in ~~Hubei~~. He was orphaned by a severe drought there in his youth, and as a result he went to live at a charity school run at Fǎyuán Temple [[法源寺]] in ~~Beijing (Map~~[~~http://authority.ddbc.edu.tw/place/googleMap.php?name=%E6%86%AB%E5%BF%A0%E5%AF%BA&y=39.883793&x=116.363535~~]). With the help of Yáo Jiājǐng 姚家井 he took tonsure under Shìàn 是岸 at Guānyīn Temple [[觀音寺]] in [[1921]]. He was 17. He received full ordination at Fǎyuán Temple under Dàojiē [[道階]] the same year. Fellow ordinands included Fǎzūn [[法尊]].	+	Fǎfǎng was born in farming family in Húběi [[湖北]]. He was orphaned by a severe drought there in his youth, and as a result he went to live at a charity school run at Fǎyuán Temple [[法源寺]] in Běijīng [[北京]]. With the help of Yáo Jiājǐng 姚家井 he took tonsure under Shìàn 是岸 at Guānyīn Temple [[觀音寺]] in [[1921]]. He was 17. He received full ordination at Fǎyuán Temple under Dàojiē [[道階]] the same year. Fellow ordinands included Fǎzūn [[法尊]].

-	In [[1922]], Fǎfǎng traveled to Wǔchāng to be a part of the first class at the ~~Wuchang~~ Buddhist Seminary [[武昌佛學院]]. He graduated in [[1924]]. After graduation, Fǎfǎng traveled to ~~Beijing~~ to attend the Tibetan Language School [[藏文學院]]. In [[1925]], he joined the Residing-in-Tibet Dharma Studies Group [[留藏學法團]], whose members sought to travel to Tibet to study its Buddhism. Like most of the members of that group, Fǎfǎng did not make it to Tibet. Instead, he returned to ~~Wuchang~~ to help Dàjìng [[大敬]] look after the ~~Wuchang~~ Buddhist Seminary, which had been requisitioned by the army as part of the Northern Expedition in fall of [[1926]].	+	In [[1922]], Fǎfǎng traveled to Wǔchāng [[武昌]] to be a part of the first class at the Wǔchāng Buddhist Seminary [[武昌佛學院]]. He graduated in [[1924]]. After graduation, Fǎfǎng traveled to Běijīng to attend the Tibetan Language School [[藏文學院]]. In [[1925]], he joined the Residing-in-Tibet Dharma Studies Group [[留藏學法團]], whose members sought to travel to Tibet to study its Buddhism. Like most of the members of that group, Fǎfǎng did not make it to Tibet. Instead, he returned to Wǔchāng to help Dàjìng [[大敬]] look after the Wǔchāng Buddhist Seminary, which had been requisitioned by the army as part of the Northern Expedition in fall of [[1926]].

-	In [[1930]], Tàixū sent Fǎfǎng to ~~Beiping~~ to assist Chángxǐng [[常惺]] run the newly established (and very short-lived) Bǎilín Institute [[柏林教理院]]. There, he lectured on the ''Abhidharma-kośa'' 具社論. After the school shut down the following year, Tàixū asked him to go back to ~~Wuchang~~ to head the library at the World Buddhist Studies Center [[世界佛學苑]], which had been set up by Táng Dàyuán [[唐大圓]] in [[1929]]. Around this time, Fǎfǎng also began editing the ''Hǎicháo yīn''. He worked at the library from [[1932]] to [[1936]], during which time he also ran the Buddhist Studies Research Department 佛學研究部 at the ~~Wuchang~~ Buddhist Seminary. There he oversaw research being carried out by 27 graduates of various Buddhist Seminaries in China. Among them were Huìjué [[會覺]], Zhīfēng [[芝峰]], Yìnshùn [[印順]], and Dàxǐng [[大醒]]. He was sometimes associated with the Right Faith Society [[正信會]] ~~sometimes~~. After the start of the Second Sino-Japanese War, he moved to Sìchuān to help Fǎzūn [[法尊]] run the Sino-Tibetan Institute [[漢藏教理院]]. He worked there for 2 or 3 years.	+	In [[1930]], Tàixū sent Fǎfǎng to Běipíng 北平 to assist Chángxǐng [[常惺]] run the newly established (and very short-lived) Bǎilín Institute [[柏林教理院]]. There, he lectured on the ''Abhidharma-kośa'' 具社論. After the school shut down the following year, Tàixū asked him to go back to Wǔchāng to head the library at the World Buddhist Studies Center [[世界佛學苑]], which had been set up by Táng Dàyuán [[唐大圓]] in [[1929]]. Around this time, Fǎfǎng also began editing the ''Hǎicháo yīn''. He worked at the library from [[1932]] to [[1936]], during which time he also ran the Buddhist Studies Research Department 佛學研究部 at the Wǔchāng Buddhist Seminary. There he oversaw research being carried out by 27 graduates of various Buddhist Seminaries in China. Among them were Huìjué [[會覺]], Zhīfēng [[芝峰]], Yìnshùn [[印順]], and Dàxǐng [[大醒]]. He was also sometimes associated with the Right Faith Society [[正信會]]. After the start of the Second Sino-Japanese War, he moved to Sìchuān [[四川]] to help Fǎzūn [[法尊]] run the Sino-Tibetan Institute [[漢藏教理院]]. He worked there for 2 or 3 years.

-	In [[1941]], Fǎfǎng received permission to travel to Sri Lanka (through Burma) for more than a year, and then on to India, where he arrived in February, [[1943]]. There he studied English, Sanskrit, and Pāli. Upon his return to China, he opened a Pāli Studies Institute in Xī’ān 西安, the purpose of which was exchange of monks between Sri Lanka and China. After Tàixū died in the spring of [[1947]], Fǎfǎng traveled to Malaysia and Hong Kong, meeting with Chinese communities in southeast Asia. He then briefly took over the ~~Wuchang~~ Buddhist Seminary again, starting a new term.	+	In [[1941]], Fǎfǎng received permission to travel to Sri Lanka (through Burma) for more than a year, and then on to India, where he arrived in February, [[1943]]. There he studied English, Sanskrit, and Pāli. Upon his return to China, he opened a Pāli Studies Institute in Xī’ān [[西安]], the purpose of which was exchange of monks between Sri Lanka and China. After Tàixū died in the spring of [[1947]], Fǎfǎng traveled to Malaysia and Hong Kong, meeting with Chinese communities in southeast Asia. He then briefly took over the Wǔchāng Buddhist Seminary again, starting a new term.

-	During the summer and winter of [[1949]], he lectured in Hong Kong. The lectures he gave in May, 1949, at Hong Kong's Dōngliān juéyuàn 東蓮覺苑 on Consciousness-Only thought where later collected and published as ''Wéishì shǐguān jí qí zhéxué'' 唯識史觀及其哲學 (Consciousness-Only: Its Historical Viewpoint and Philosophy). Fǎfǎng eventually settled in Sri Lanka where he lectured on Chinese Buddhism at a Sri Lankan University. He died of a brain hemorrhage in Sri Lanka on October 3, 1951.	+	During the summer and winter of [[1949]], he lectured in Hong Kong. The lectures he gave in May, 1949, at Hong Kong's Dōngliān juéyuàn 東蓮覺苑 on Consciousness-Only thought where later collected and published as ''Wéishì shǐguān jí qí zhéxué'' 唯識史觀及其哲學 (Consciousness-Only: Its Historical Viewpoint and Philosophy). Fǎfǎng eventually settled in Sri Lanka where he lectured on Chinese Buddhism at a Sri Lankan University.
		+
		+	He died of a brain hemorrhage in Sri Lanka on October 3, 1951.

	==Major Works==		==Major Works==

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	In [[1922]], Fǎfǎng traveled to Wǔchāng to be a part of the first class at the Wuchang Buddhist Seminary [[武昌佛學院]]. He graduated in [[1924]]. After graduation, Fǎfǎng traveled to Beijing to attend the Tibetan Language School [[藏文學院]]. In [[1925]], he joined the Residing-in-Tibet Dharma Studies Group [[留藏學法團]], whose members sought to travel to Tibet to study its Buddhism. Like most of the members of that group, Fǎfǎng did not make it to Tibet. Instead, he returned to Wuchang to help Dàjìng [[大敬]] look after the Wuchang Buddhist Seminary, which had been requisitioned by the army as part of the Northern Expedition in fall of [[1926]].		In [[1922]], Fǎfǎng traveled to Wǔchāng to be a part of the first class at the Wuchang Buddhist Seminary [[武昌佛學院]]. He graduated in [[1924]]. After graduation, Fǎfǎng traveled to Beijing to attend the Tibetan Language School [[藏文學院]]. In [[1925]], he joined the Residing-in-Tibet Dharma Studies Group [[留藏學法團]], whose members sought to travel to Tibet to study its Buddhism. Like most of the members of that group, Fǎfǎng did not make it to Tibet. Instead, he returned to Wuchang to help Dàjìng [[大敬]] look after the Wuchang Buddhist Seminary, which had been requisitioned by the army as part of the Northern Expedition in fall of [[1926]].

-	In [[1930]], Tàixū sent Fǎfǎng to Beiping to assist Chángxǐng [[常惺]] run the newly established (and very short-lived) ~~Bólín~~ Institute [[柏林教理院]]. There, he lectured on the ''Abhidharma-kośa'' 具社論. After the school shut down the following year, Tàixū asked him to go back to Wuchang to head the library at the World Buddhist Studies Center [[世界佛學苑]], which had been set up by Táng Dàyuán [[唐大圓]] in [[1929]]. Around this time, Fǎfǎng also began editing the ''Hǎicháo yīn''. He worked at the library from [[1932]] to [[1936]], during which time he also ran the Buddhist Studies Research Department 佛學研究部 at the Wuchang Buddhist Seminary. There he oversaw research being carried out by 27 graduates of various Buddhist Seminaries in China. Among them were Huìjué [[會覺]], Zhīfēng [[芝峰]], Yìnshùn [[印順]], and Dàxǐng [[大醒]]. He was sometimes associated with the Right Faith Society [[正信會]] sometimes. After the start of the Second Sino-Japanese War, he moved to Sìchuān to help Fǎzūn [[法尊]] run the Sino-Tibetan Institute [[漢藏教理院]]. He worked there for 2 or 3 years.	+	In [[1930]], Tàixū sent Fǎfǎng to Beiping to assist Chángxǐng [[常惺]] run the newly established (and very short-lived) Bǎilín Institute [[柏林教理院]]. There, he lectured on the ''Abhidharma-kośa'' 具社論. After the school shut down the following year, Tàixū asked him to go back to Wuchang to head the library at the World Buddhist Studies Center [[世界佛學苑]], which had been set up by Táng Dàyuán [[唐大圓]] in [[1929]]. Around this time, Fǎfǎng also began editing the ''Hǎicháo yīn''. He worked at the library from [[1932]] to [[1936]], during which time he also ran the Buddhist Studies Research Department 佛學研究部 at the Wuchang Buddhist Seminary. There he oversaw research being carried out by 27 graduates of various Buddhist Seminaries in China. Among them were Huìjué [[會覺]], Zhīfēng [[芝峰]], Yìnshùn [[印順]], and Dàxǐng [[大醒]]. He was sometimes associated with the Right Faith Society [[正信會]] sometimes. After the start of the Second Sino-Japanese War, he moved to Sìchuān to help Fǎzūn [[法尊]] run the Sino-Tibetan Institute [[漢藏教理院]]. He worked there for 2 or 3 years.

	In [[1941]], Fǎfǎng received permission to travel to Sri Lanka (through Burma) for more than a year, and then on to India, where he arrived in February, [[1943]]. There he studied English, Sanskrit, and Pāli. Upon his return to China, he opened a Pāli Studies Institute in Xī’ān 西安, the purpose of which was exchange of monks between Sri Lanka and China. After Tàixū died in the spring of [[1947]], Fǎfǎng traveled to Malaysia and Hong Kong, meeting with Chinese communities in southeast Asia. He then briefly took over the Wuchang Buddhist Seminary again, starting a new term.		In [[1941]], Fǎfǎng received permission to travel to Sri Lanka (through Burma) for more than a year, and then on to India, where he arrived in February, [[1943]]. There he studied English, Sanskrit, and Pāli. Upon his return to China, he opened a Pāli Studies Institute in Xī’ān 西安, the purpose of which was exchange of monks between Sri Lanka and China. After Tàixū died in the spring of [[1947]], Fǎfǎng traveled to Malaysia and Hong Kong, meeting with Chinese communities in southeast Asia. He then briefly took over the Wuchang Buddhist Seminary again, starting a new term.

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	* Táng Dàyuán [[唐大圓]]		* Táng Dàyuán [[唐大圓]]
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	* Yìnshùn [[印順]]		* Yìnshùn [[印順]]
	* Zhīfēng [[芝峰]]		* Zhīfēng [[芝峰]]

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-	== Fǎfǎng 法舫 (1904-1951) ==	+	'''Fǎfǎng 法舫 (1904-1951)''' was a close disciple of Tàixū [[太虛]], and was involved with many of the Buddhist seminaries and organizations associated with him. Fǎfǎng was particularly involved in international activities, and worked in Chinese, Japanese, English, Pāli and Sanskrit. He edited and wrote a large number of articles for the ''Hǎicháo yīn'' [[海潮音]] as well.

-	Fǎfǎng was a close disciple of Tàixū [[太虛]], and was involved with many of the Buddhist seminaries and organizations associated with him. Fǎfǎng was particularly involved in international activities, and worked in Chinese, Japanese, English, Pāli and Sanskrit. He edited and wrote a large number of articles for the ''Hǎicháo yīn'' [[海潮音]] as well.	+	==Biography==
-		+
-	~~'''~~Biography~~'''~~	+

	Fǎfǎng was born in farming family in Hubei. He was orphaned by a severe drought there in his youth, and as a result he went to live at a charity school run at Fǎyuán Temple [[法源寺]] in Beijing (Map[http://authority.ddbc.edu.tw/place/googleMap.php?name=%E6%86%AB%E5%BF%A0%E5%AF%BA&y=39.883793&x=116.363535]). With the help of Yáo Jiājǐng 姚家井 he took tonsure under Shìàn 是岸 at Guānyīn Temple [[觀音寺]] in [[1921]]. He was 17. He received full ordination at Fǎyuán Temple under Dàojiē [[道階]] the same year. Fellow ordinands included Fǎzūn [[法尊]].		Fǎfǎng was born in farming family in Hubei. He was orphaned by a severe drought there in his youth, and as a result he went to live at a charity school run at Fǎyuán Temple [[法源寺]] in Beijing (Map[http://authority.ddbc.edu.tw/place/googleMap.php?name=%E6%86%AB%E5%BF%A0%E5%AF%BA&y=39.883793&x=116.363535]). With the help of Yáo Jiājǐng 姚家井 he took tonsure under Shìàn 是岸 at Guānyīn Temple [[觀音寺]] in [[1921]]. He was 17. He received full ordination at Fǎyuán Temple under Dàojiē [[道階]] the same year. Fellow ordinands included Fǎzūn [[法尊]].
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	During the summer and winter of [[1949]], he lectured in Hong Kong. The lectures he gave in May, 1949, at Hong Kong's Dōngliān juéyuàn 東蓮覺苑 on Consciousness-Only thought where later collected and published as ''Wéishì shǐguān jí qí zhéxué'' 唯識史觀及其哲學 (Consciousness-Only: Its Historical Viewpoint and Philosophy). Fǎfǎng eventually settled in Sri Lanka where he lectured on Chinese Buddhism at a Sri Lankan University. He died of a brain hemorrhage in Sri Lanka on October 3, 1951.		During the summer and winter of [[1949]], he lectured in Hong Kong. The lectures he gave in May, 1949, at Hong Kong's Dōngliān juéyuàn 東蓮覺苑 on Consciousness-Only thought where later collected and published as ''Wéishì shǐguān jí qí zhéxué'' 唯識史觀及其哲學 (Consciousness-Only: Its Historical Viewpoint and Philosophy). Fǎfǎng eventually settled in Sri Lanka where he lectured on Chinese Buddhism at a Sri Lankan University. He died of a brain hemorrhage in Sri Lanka on October 3, 1951.

-	~~----~~	+	==Major Works==
-	~~'''~~Major Works~~:'''~~	+
	* ''Fóxué duìyú rénshēg zhī kànfǎ'' 佛學對於人生之看法 (''Buddhist Views of Human Life'')		* ''Fóxué duìyú rénshēg zhī kànfǎ'' 佛學對於人生之看法 (''Buddhist Views of Human Life'')
	* ''Jīngāng jīng yǎnjiǎg cí'' 金剛經演講詞 (''Lectures on the Diamond Sūtra'')		* ''Jīngāng jīng yǎnjiǎg cí'' 金剛經演講詞 (''Lectures on the Diamond Sūtra'')
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	* ''Yìndù zhī wénhua rén'' 印度之文化人 (''A Man of Indian Culture'')		* ''Yìndù zhī wénhua rén'' 印度之文化人 (''A Man of Indian Culture'')

-	~~----~~	+	==References==
-	~~'''~~References~~:'''~~	+
	* {{ZFJS}} Pp. 2.898-900.		* {{ZFJS}} Pp. 2.898-900.
	* Yìnshùn [[印順]], “Fǎfǎng fǎshī xíngzhuàn 法舫法師行傳 (Record of the Actions of Master Fǎfǎng),” in Fǎfǎng 法舫, ''Wéishì shǐguān jí qí zhéxué'' 唯識史觀及其哲學 (Consciousness-Only: Its Historical Viewpoint and Philosophy). Taipei: Tianhua, 1998, reprint (n.p.: 1950). Pp. 1-3.		* Yìnshùn [[印順]], “Fǎfǎng fǎshī xíngzhuàn 法舫法師行傳 (Record of the Actions of Master Fǎfǎng),” in Fǎfǎng 法舫, ''Wéishì shǐguān jí qí zhéxué'' 唯識史觀及其哲學 (Consciousness-Only: Its Historical Viewpoint and Philosophy). Taipei: Tianhua, 1998, reprint (n.p.: 1950). Pp. 1-3.

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	Fǎfǎng was born in farming family in Hubei. He was orphaned by a severe drought there in his youth, and as a result he went to live at a charity school run at Fǎyuán Temple [[法源寺]] in Beijing (Map[http://authority.ddbc.edu.tw/place/googleMap.php?name=%E6%86%AB%E5%BF%A0%E5%AF%BA&y=39.883793&x=116.363535]). With the help of Yáo Jiājǐng 姚家井 he took tonsure under Shìàn 是岸 at Guānyīn Temple [[觀音寺]] in [[1921]]. He was 17. He received full ordination at Fǎyuán Temple under Dàojiē [[道階]] the same year. Fellow ordinands included Fǎzūn [[法尊]].		Fǎfǎng was born in farming family in Hubei. He was orphaned by a severe drought there in his youth, and as a result he went to live at a charity school run at Fǎyuán Temple [[法源寺]] in Beijing (Map[http://authority.ddbc.edu.tw/place/googleMap.php?name=%E6%86%AB%E5%BF%A0%E5%AF%BA&y=39.883793&x=116.363535]). With the help of Yáo Jiājǐng 姚家井 he took tonsure under Shìàn 是岸 at Guānyīn Temple [[觀音寺]] in [[1921]]. He was 17. He received full ordination at Fǎyuán Temple under Dàojiē [[道階]] the same year. Fellow ordinands included Fǎzūn [[法尊]].

-	In [[1922]], Fǎfǎng traveled to ~~Wuchang~~ to be a part of the first class at the Wuchang Buddhist Seminary [[武昌佛學院]]. He graduated in [[1924]]. After graduation, Fǎfǎng traveled to Beijing to attend the Tibetan Language School [[藏文學院]]. In [[1925]], he joined the Residing-in-Tibet Dharma Studies Group [[留藏學法團]], whose members sought to travel to Tibet to study its Buddhism. Like most of the members of that group, Fǎfǎng did not make it to Tibet. Instead, he returned to Wuchang to help Dàjìng [[大敬]] look after the Wuchang Buddhist Seminary, which had been requisitioned by the army as part of the Northern Expedition in fall of [[1926]].	+	In [[1922]], Fǎfǎng traveled to Wǔchāng to be a part of the first class at the Wuchang Buddhist Seminary [[武昌佛學院]]. He graduated in [[1924]]. After graduation, Fǎfǎng traveled to Beijing to attend the Tibetan Language School [[藏文學院]]. In [[1925]], he joined the Residing-in-Tibet Dharma Studies Group [[留藏學法團]], whose members sought to travel to Tibet to study its Buddhism. Like most of the members of that group, Fǎfǎng did not make it to Tibet. Instead, he returned to Wuchang to help Dàjìng [[大敬]] look after the Wuchang Buddhist Seminary, which had been requisitioned by the army as part of the Northern Expedition in fall of [[1926]].

	In [[1930]], Tàixū sent Fǎfǎng to Beiping to assist Chángxǐng [[常惺]] run the newly established (and very short-lived) Bólín Institute [[柏林教理院]]. There, he lectured on the ''Abhidharma-kośa'' 具社論. After the school shut down the following year, Tàixū asked him to go back to Wuchang to head the library at the World Buddhist Studies Center [[世界佛學苑]], which had been set up by Táng Dàyuán [[唐大圓]] in [[1929]]. Around this time, Fǎfǎng also began editing the ''Hǎicháo yīn''. He worked at the library from [[1932]] to [[1936]], during which time he also ran the Buddhist Studies Research Department 佛學研究部 at the Wuchang Buddhist Seminary. There he oversaw research being carried out by 27 graduates of various Buddhist Seminaries in China. Among them were Huìjué [[會覺]], Zhīfēng [[芝峰]], Yìnshùn [[印順]], and Dàxǐng [[大醒]]. He was sometimes associated with the Right Faith Society [[正信會]] sometimes. After the start of the Second Sino-Japanese War, he moved to Sìchuān to help Fǎzūn [[法尊]] run the Sino-Tibetan Institute [[漢藏教理院]]. He worked there for 2 or 3 years.		In [[1930]], Tàixū sent Fǎfǎng to Beiping to assist Chángxǐng [[常惺]] run the newly established (and very short-lived) Bólín Institute [[柏林教理院]]. There, he lectured on the ''Abhidharma-kośa'' 具社論. After the school shut down the following year, Tàixū asked him to go back to Wuchang to head the library at the World Buddhist Studies Center [[世界佛學苑]], which had been set up by Táng Dàyuán [[唐大圓]] in [[1929]]. Around this time, Fǎfǎng also began editing the ''Hǎicháo yīn''. He worked at the library from [[1932]] to [[1936]], during which time he also ran the Buddhist Studies Research Department 佛學研究部 at the Wuchang Buddhist Seminary. There he oversaw research being carried out by 27 graduates of various Buddhist Seminaries in China. Among them were Huìjué [[會覺]], Zhīfēng [[芝峰]], Yìnshùn [[印順]], and Dàxǐng [[大醒]]. He was sometimes associated with the Right Faith Society [[正信會]] sometimes. After the start of the Second Sino-Japanese War, he moved to Sìchuān to help Fǎzūn [[法尊]] run the Sino-Tibetan Institute [[漢藏教理院]]. He worked there for 2 or 3 years.

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	\|names=* Lay surname: Wáng 王<ref>[http://kaiti64.blogspot.com/2006/09/blog-post_24.html]</ref>		\|names=* Lay surname: Wáng 王<ref>[http://kaiti64.blogspot.com/2006/09/blog-post_24.html]</ref>
-	\|image=[[File:FaFang.jpg\|~~right~~\|Fǎfǎng]]	+	\|image=[[File:FaFang.jpg\|center\|Fǎfǎng]]
	\|birth=[[1904]] (Guāngxù 光緒 30)		\|birth=[[1904]] (Guāngxù 光緒 30)
	\|death=OOctober 3, 1951 (Mínguó 民國 40) in Sri Lanka of a brain hemorrhage		\|death=OOctober 3, 1951 (Mínguó 民國 40) in Sri Lanka of a brain hemorrhage