Fan Gunong 范古農 - Revision history

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	Fàn returned to China at 29 and set up a middle school. He heard a lecture by Huáshān [[華山]] on the ''Amitabha Sūtra'' and began having faith in Buddhism. He began his study of Buddhism using Yáng Wénhuì’s [[楊文會]] ''A Buddhist Primer'' [[佛教初學課本]].		Fàn returned to China at 29 and set up a middle school. He heard a lecture by Huáshān [[華山]] on the ''Amitabha Sūtra'' and began having faith in Buddhism. He began his study of Buddhism using Yáng Wénhuì’s [[楊文會]] ''A Buddhist Primer'' [[佛教初學課本]].

-	At the start of the Republic, Fàn set up a Buddhist school at Jīngyán Temple 精嚴寺 in Jiāxīng. This school had a reading room and a copy of the Buddhist canon. Fàn took on teaching duties himself. During summer and winter breaks he went on lecture tours around Zhèjiāng. In [[1914]] he is listed as a founding member of the Buddhist Research Association [[佛學研究會]].<ref>MFQ 4:102</ref>	+	At the start of the Republic, Fàn set up a Buddhist school at Jīngyán Temple 精嚴寺 in Jiāxīng. This school had a reading room and a copy of the Buddhist canon. Fàn took on teaching duties himself. During summer and winter breaks he went on lecture tours around Zhèjiāng. In [[1914]] he is listed as a founding member of the Buddhist Studies Research Association [[佛學研究會]], established in Jiāhé county 嘉禾縣 Húnán [[湖南]] and Pínghú 平湖 in Jiāxīng [[嘉興]], Zhèjiāng [[浙江]].<ref>MFQ 4:102</ref>

	In [[1917]], he took refuge under Dìxián [[諦閑]], from whom he learned about Tiāntái [[天台]]. Fàn was not partisan, however, and also respected Tàixū [[太虛]], Yuányīng [[圓瑛]], and Yìnguāng [[印光]]. He eventually focused his study of Buddhism on the ''Chéng wéishì lùn'' 成唯識論 and the ''Yogācāra-bhūmi-śāstra'' 瑜伽師地論. In September of [[1918]], Fàn invited the recently-ordained Hóngyì [[弘一]] to study at his school, which the latter did for several months.		In [[1917]], he took refuge under Dìxián [[諦閑]], from whom he learned about Tiāntái [[天台]]. Fàn was not partisan, however, and also respected Tàixū [[太虛]], Yuányīng [[圓瑛]], and Yìnguāng [[印光]]. He eventually focused his study of Buddhism on the ''Chéng wéishì lùn'' 成唯識論 and the ''Yogācāra-bhūmi-śāstra'' 瑜伽師地論. In September of [[1918]], Fàn invited the recently-ordained Hóngyì [[弘一]] to study at his school, which the latter did for several months.
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	* 往生論注擷		* 往生論注擷
	* ''Gǔnóng Fóxué dāwèn'' 古農佛學答問 (Fan Gunong Answers Questions on Buddhist Studies). 7 fascicles 卷. Shanghai: Shanghai foxue shuju [[上海佛學書局]], 1935		* ''Gǔnóng Fóxué dāwèn'' 古農佛學答問 (Fan Gunong Answers Questions on Buddhist Studies). 7 fascicles 卷. Shanghai: Shanghai foxue shuju [[上海佛學書局]], 1935
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		+	== Notes ==
		+	<references/>

	== References ==		== References ==

Greg at 11:24, 10 July 2011

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	Fàn returned to China at 29 and set up a middle school. He heard a lecture by Huáshān [[華山]] on the ''Amitabha Sūtra'' and began having faith in Buddhism. He began his study of Buddhism using Yáng Wénhuì’s [[楊文會]] ''A Buddhist Primer'' [[佛教初學課本]].		Fàn returned to China at 29 and set up a middle school. He heard a lecture by Huáshān [[華山]] on the ''Amitabha Sūtra'' and began having faith in Buddhism. He began his study of Buddhism using Yáng Wénhuì’s [[楊文會]] ''A Buddhist Primer'' [[佛教初學課本]].

-	At the start of the Republic, Fàn set up a Buddhist school at Jīngyán Temple 精嚴寺 in Jiāxīng. This school had a reading room and a copy of the Buddhist canon. Fàn took on teaching duties himself. During summer and winter breaks he went on lecture tours around Zhèjiāng.	+	At the start of the Republic, Fàn set up a Buddhist school at Jīngyán Temple 精嚴寺 in Jiāxīng. This school had a reading room and a copy of the Buddhist canon. Fàn took on teaching duties himself. During summer and winter breaks he went on lecture tours around Zhèjiāng. In [[1914]] he is listed as a founding member of the Buddhist Research Association [[佛學研究會]].<ref>MFQ 4:102</ref>

	In [[1917]], he took refuge under Dìxián [[諦閑]], from whom he learned about Tiāntái [[天台]]. Fàn was not partisan, however, and also respected Tàixū [[太虛]], Yuányīng [[圓瑛]], and Yìnguāng [[印光]]. He eventually focused his study of Buddhism on the ''Chéng wéishì lùn'' 成唯識論 and the ''Yogācāra-bhūmi-śāstra'' 瑜伽師地論. In September of [[1918]], Fàn invited the recently-ordained Hóngyì [[弘一]] to study at his school, which the latter did for several months.		In [[1917]], he took refuge under Dìxián [[諦閑]], from whom he learned about Tiāntái [[天台]]. Fàn was not partisan, however, and also respected Tàixū [[太虛]], Yuányīng [[圓瑛]], and Yìnguāng [[印光]]. He eventually focused his study of Buddhism on the ''Chéng wéishì lùn'' 成唯識論 and the ''Yogācāra-bhūmi-śāstra'' 瑜伽師地論. In September of [[1918]], Fàn invited the recently-ordained Hóngyì [[弘一]] to study at his school, which the latter did for several months.

Greg at 13:06, 2 April 2011

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	'''Fàn Gǔnóng 范古農 (1881-1951)''' was a highly influential editor of Buddhist books and periodicals in the Republic. He was also involved in lecturing and the lay study of Consciousness-Only 唯識 thought.		'''Fàn Gǔnóng 范古農 (1881-1951)''' was a highly influential editor of Buddhist books and periodicals in the Republic. He was also involved in lecturing and the lay study of Consciousness-Only 唯識 thought.

-	==Biography==	+	== Biography ==
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	Fàn was from Jiāxīng [[嘉興]] in Zhèjiāng [[浙江]]. Growing up, he received a traditional education at a private academy 塾. At 18 he went to study at the Nányáng Public School 南洋公學 in Shànghǎi [[上海]]. When he graduated, he went to work in Hángzhōu [[杭州]] at a classical academy. There he learned about Buddhism from the father of his classmate, Jiǎng Bǎiqì 蔣百器, who worked at a newspaper in Tiānjīn 天津. Fàn became interested in Buddhism after reading a copy of ''A Direct Explanation of the Sūtra of Perfect Enlightenment'' 圓覺經直解 (X 10.258) by the Ming Dynasty monk Hānshān Déqīng 憨山德清, which he had picked up a bookstore. Fàn married Qī Liángjǐn 戚良瑾 at age 20. Around this time he started a girls’ school.		Fàn was from Jiāxīng [[嘉興]] in Zhèjiāng [[浙江]]. Growing up, he received a traditional education at a private academy 塾. At 18 he went to study at the Nányáng Public School 南洋公學 in Shànghǎi [[上海]]. When he graduated, he went to work in Hángzhōu [[杭州]] at a classical academy. There he learned about Buddhism from the father of his classmate, Jiǎng Bǎiqì 蔣百器, who worked at a newspaper in Tiānjīn 天津. Fàn became interested in Buddhism after reading a copy of ''A Direct Explanation of the Sūtra of Perfect Enlightenment'' 圓覺經直解 (X 10.258) by the Ming Dynasty monk Hānshān Déqīng 憨山德清, which he had picked up a bookstore. Fàn married Qī Liángjǐn 戚良瑾 at age 20. Around this time he started a girls’ school.

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	On March 21, 1951, he finished a lecture and the next day became ill. He passed away in hospital on April 12.		On March 21, 1951, he finished a lecture and the next day became ill. He passed away in hospital on April 12.

-	==Important Works==	+	== Important Works ==
	* 八識規矩頌貫珠解		* 八識規矩頌貫珠解
	* 大乘空義集要		* 大乘空義集要
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	* 釋尊傳		* 釋尊傳
	* 往生論注擷		* 往生論注擷
-	* 古農佛學答問 (Fan Gunong Answers Questions on Buddhist Studies). 7 fascicles 卷 . Shanghai: Shanghai foxue shuju [[上海佛學書局]], 1935	+	* ''Gǔnóng Fóxué dāwèn'' 古農佛學答問 (Fan Gunong Answers Questions on Buddhist Studies). 7 fascicles 卷. Shanghai: Shanghai foxue shuju [[上海佛學書局]], 1935

-	==References==	+	== References ==
	* Fāng Zǔyóu 方祖猷. Tiāntái zōng guānzōng jiǎngsì zhì: 1912-1949 天台宗觀宗講寺志: 1912-1949 (Gazetteer for the Guānzōng Lecture Temple of the Tiāntái School, 1912-1949.) Běijīng: Zōngjiào wénhuà chūbǎnshè, 2006. Pp. 125-129.		* Fāng Zǔyóu 方祖猷. Tiāntái zōng guānzōng jiǎngsì zhì: 1912-1949 天台宗觀宗講寺志: 1912-1949 (Gazetteer for the Guānzōng Lecture Temple of the Tiāntái School, 1912-1949.) Běijīng: Zōngjiào wénhuà chūbǎnshè, 2006. Pp. 125-129.
	* {{ZFJS}} Pp. 2.707-712.		* {{ZFJS}} Pp. 2.707-712.

Greg at 12:52, 2 April 2011

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	* 釋尊傳		* 釋尊傳
	* 往生論注擷		* 往生論注擷
-	* 古農佛學答問 (Fan Gunong Answers Questions on Buddhist Studies). 7 ~~juan~~. Shanghai: Shanghai foxue shuju, 1935	+	* 古農佛學答問 (Fan Gunong Answers Questions on Buddhist Studies). 7 fascicles 卷 . Shanghai: Shanghai foxue shuju [[上海佛學書局]], 1935

	==References==		==References==

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	* Courtesy names 字: Gǔnóng 古農, Huàn'ān 幻庵		* Courtesy names 字: Gǔnóng 古農, Huàn'ān 幻庵
	* ''Nom de plume'' 筆名: Hǎishì dàorén 海屍道人		* ''Nom de plume'' 筆名: Hǎishì dàorén 海屍道人
-	\|image=	+	\|image=[[File:Fan_Gunong.png\|300px\|center\|Undated photograph of Fan Gunong]]
	\|birth=December 6, [[1881]] (1/15 Guāngxù 光緒 7) in Yuèhé 月河 Township, Jiāxīng County [[嘉興]]縣, Zhèjiāng [[浙江]]		\|birth=December 6, [[1881]] (1/15 Guāngxù 光緒 7) in Yuèhé 月河 Township, Jiāxīng County [[嘉興]]縣, Zhèjiāng [[浙江]]
	\|death=April 12, 1951 (Mínguó 民國 40) in Shànghǎi [[上海]]		\|death=April 12, 1951 (Mínguó 民國 40) in Shànghǎi [[上海]]

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	==References==		==References==
		+	* Fāng Zǔyóu 方祖猷. Tiāntái zōng guānzōng jiǎngsì zhì: 1912-1949 天台宗觀宗講寺志: 1912-1949 (Gazetteer for the Guānzōng Lecture Temple of the Tiāntái School, 1912-1949.) Běijīng: Zōngjiào wénhuà chūbǎnshè, 2006. Pp. 125-129.
	* {{ZFJS}} Pp. 2.707-712.		* {{ZFJS}} Pp. 2.707-712.
	* {{ZJFRZ}} Pp. 491-499.		* {{ZJFRZ}} Pp. 491-499.

Greg at 08:47, 10 October 2010

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	* ''Nom de plume'' 筆名: Hǎishì dàorén 海屍道人		* ''Nom de plume'' 筆名: Hǎishì dàorén 海屍道人
	\|image=		\|image=
-	\|birth=December 6, [[1881]] (1/15 Guāngxù 光緒 7) in Yuèhé 月河 Township, Jiāxīng County ~~嘉興縣~~, Zhèjiāng [[浙江]]	+	\|birth=December 6, [[1881]] (1/15 Guāngxù 光緒 7) in Yuèhé 月河 Township, Jiāxīng County [[嘉興]]縣, Zhèjiāng [[浙江]]
	\|death=April 12, 1951 (Mínguó 民國 40) in Shànghǎi [[上海]]		\|death=April 12, 1951 (Mínguó 民國 40) in Shànghǎi [[上海]]
	\|associates=Notable Associates:		\|associates=Notable Associates:
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	==Biography==		==Biography==

-	Fàn was from Jiāxīng 嘉興 in Zhèjiāng. Growing up, he received a traditional education at a private academy 塾. At 18 he went to study at the Nányáng Public School 南洋公學 in Shànghǎi [[上海]]. When he graduated, he went to work in Hángzhōu [[杭州]] at a classical academy. There he learned about Buddhism from the father of his classmate, Jiǎng Bǎiqì 蔣百器, who worked at a newspaper in Tiānjīn 天津. Fàn became interested in Buddhism after reading a copy of ''A Direct Explanation of the Sūtra of Perfect Enlightenment'' 圓覺經直解 (X 10.258) by the Ming Dynasty monk Hānshān Déqīng 憨山德清, which he had picked up a bookstore. Fàn married Qī Liángjǐn 戚良瑾 at age 20. Around this time he started a girls’ school.	+	Fàn was from Jiāxīng [[嘉興]] in Zhèjiāng [[浙江]]. Growing up, he received a traditional education at a private academy 塾. At 18 he went to study at the Nányáng Public School 南洋公學 in Shànghǎi [[上海]]. When he graduated, he went to work in Hángzhōu [[杭州]] at a classical academy. There he learned about Buddhism from the father of his classmate, Jiǎng Bǎiqì 蔣百器, who worked at a newspaper in Tiānjīn 天津. Fàn became interested in Buddhism after reading a copy of ''A Direct Explanation of the Sūtra of Perfect Enlightenment'' 圓覺經直解 (X 10.258) by the Ming Dynasty monk Hānshān Déqīng 憨山德清, which he had picked up a bookstore. Fàn married Qī Liángjǐn 戚良瑾 at age 20. Around this time he started a girls’ school.

	At 27, Fàn went to Japan and studied at a physics training school in Tokyo. While in Japan, he met Zhāng Tàiyán [[章太炎]]. He also studied the ''Laṅkāvatāra Sūtra'' 楞伽經 and Consciousness-Only thought.		At 27, Fàn went to Japan and studied at a physics training school in Tokyo. While in Japan, he met Zhāng Tàiyán [[章太炎]]. He also studied the ''Laṅkāvatāra Sūtra'' 楞伽經 and Consciousness-Only thought.

Erik hammerstrom at 18:48, 23 July 2010

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	At the start of the Republic, Fàn set up a Buddhist school at Jīngyán Temple 精嚴寺 in Jiāxīng. This school had a reading room and a copy of the Buddhist canon. Fàn took on teaching duties himself. During summer and winter breaks he went on lecture tours around Zhèjiāng.		At the start of the Republic, Fàn set up a Buddhist school at Jīngyán Temple 精嚴寺 in Jiāxīng. This school had a reading room and a copy of the Buddhist canon. Fàn took on teaching duties himself. During summer and winter breaks he went on lecture tours around Zhèjiāng.

-	In [[1917]], he took refuge under Dìxián [[諦閑]], from whom he learned about Tiāntái 天台. Fàn was not partisan, however, and also respected Tàixū [[太虛]], Yuányīng [[圓瑛]], and Yìnguāng [[印光]]. He eventually focused his study of Buddhism on the ''Chéng wéishì lùn'' 成唯識論 and the ''Yogācāra-bhūmi-śāstra'' 瑜伽師地論. In September of [[1918]], Fàn invited the recently-ordained Hóngyì [[弘一]] to study at his school, which the latter did for several months.	+	In [[1917]], he took refuge under Dìxián [[諦閑]], from whom he learned about Tiāntái [[天台]]. Fàn was not partisan, however, and also respected Tàixū [[太虛]], Yuányīng [[圓瑛]], and Yìnguāng [[印光]]. He eventually focused his study of Buddhism on the ''Chéng wéishì lùn'' 成唯識論 and the ''Yogācāra-bhūmi-śāstra'' 瑜伽師地論. In September of [[1918]], Fàn invited the recently-ordained Hóngyì [[弘一]] to study at his school, which the latter did for several months.

	In January [[1929]], Fàn he was invited to Shànghǎi to serve as general editor for the nascent Shànghǎi Buddhist Books [[上海佛學書局]]. He had numerous duties while there, including editing ''Buddhism Semimonthly'' [[佛學半月刊]], which began publication in [[1930]]. For the Semimonthly he contributed a regular Q&A column. In April, [[1935]] he became general editor of the first daily Buddhist newspaper in China.		In January [[1929]], Fàn he was invited to Shànghǎi to serve as general editor for the nascent Shànghǎi Buddhist Books [[上海佛學書局]]. He had numerous duties while there, including editing ''Buddhism Semimonthly'' [[佛學半月刊]], which began publication in [[1930]]. For the Semimonthly he contributed a regular Q&A column. In April, [[1935]] he became general editor of the first daily Buddhist newspaper in China.

Erik hammerstrom at 18:05, 16 July 2010

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	* 大乘空義集要		* 大乘空義集要
	* 法相學課本		* 法相學課本
-	* 佛學問答
	* 觀所緣緣論貫珠釋		* 觀所緣緣論貫珠釋
	* 幻庵文集		* 幻庵文集
	* 釋尊傳		* 釋尊傳
	* 往生論注擷		* 往生論注擷
		+	* 古農佛學答問 (Fan Gunong Answers Questions on Buddhist Studies). 7 juan. Shanghai: Shanghai foxue shuju, 1935

	==References==		==References==

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	\|name-date=Fàn Gǔnóng 范古農 (1881-1951)		\|name-date=Fàn Gǔnóng 范古農 (1881-1951)
	\|names=* Names 名: Mènggēng 夢耕, Jìdōng 寄東		\|names=* Names 名: Mènggēng 夢耕, Jìdōng 寄東
-	* Courtesy names 字: Gǔnóng 古農, ~~Huànān~~ 幻庵	+	* Courtesy names 字: Gǔnóng 古農, Huàn'ān 幻庵
	* ''Nom de plume'' 筆名: Hǎishì dàorén 海屍道人		* ''Nom de plume'' 筆名: Hǎishì dàorén 海屍道人
	\|image=		\|image=
	\|birth=December 6, [[1881]] (1/15 Guāngxù 光緒 7) in Yuèhé 月河 Township, Jiāxīng County 嘉興縣, Zhèjiāng [[浙江]]		\|birth=December 6, [[1881]] (1/15 Guāngxù 光緒 7) in Yuèhé 月河 Township, Jiāxīng County 嘉興縣, Zhèjiāng [[浙江]]
-	\|death=April 12, 1951 (Mínguó 民國 40) in Shànghǎi 上海	+	\|death=April 12, 1951 (Mínguó 民國 40) in Shànghǎi [[上海]]
	\|associates=Notable Associates:		\|associates=Notable Associates:
	* Dìxián [[諦閑]]		* Dìxián [[諦閑]]
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	==Biography==		==Biography==

-	Fàn was from Jiāxīng 嘉興 in Zhèjiāng. Growing up, he received a traditional education at a private academy 塾. At 18 he went to study at the Nányáng Public School 南洋公學 in Shànghǎi. When he graduated, he went to work in Hángzhōu [[杭州]] at a classical academy. There he learned about Buddhism from the father of his classmate, Jiǎng Bǎiqì 蔣百器, who worked at a newspaper in Tiānjīn 天津. Fàn became interested in Buddhism after reading a copy of ''A Direct Explanation of the Sūtra of Perfect Enlightenment'' 圓覺經直解 (X 10.258) by the Ming Dynasty monk Hānshān Déqīng 憨山德清, which he had picked up a bookstore. Fàn married Qī Liángjǐn 戚良瑾 at age 20. Around this time he started a girls’ school.	+	Fàn was from Jiāxīng 嘉興 in Zhèjiāng. Growing up, he received a traditional education at a private academy 塾. At 18 he went to study at the Nányáng Public School 南洋公學 in Shànghǎi [[上海]]. When he graduated, he went to work in Hángzhōu [[杭州]] at a classical academy. There he learned about Buddhism from the father of his classmate, Jiǎng Bǎiqì 蔣百器, who worked at a newspaper in Tiānjīn 天津. Fàn became interested in Buddhism after reading a copy of ''A Direct Explanation of the Sūtra of Perfect Enlightenment'' 圓覺經直解 (X 10.258) by the Ming Dynasty monk Hānshān Déqīng 憨山德清, which he had picked up a bookstore. Fàn married Qī Liángjǐn 戚良瑾 at age 20. Around this time he started a girls’ school.

	At 27, Fàn went to Japan and studied at a physics training school in Tokyo. While in Japan, he met Zhāng Tàiyán [[章太炎]]. He also studied the ''Laṅkāvatāra Sūtra'' 楞伽經 and Consciousness-Only thought.		At 27, Fàn went to Japan and studied at a physics training school in Tokyo. While in Japan, he met Zhāng Tàiyán [[章太炎]]. He also studied the ''Laṅkāvatāra Sūtra'' 楞伽經 and Consciousness-Only thought.
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	At the start of the Republic, Fàn set up a Buddhist school at Jīngyán Temple 精嚴寺 in Jiāxīng. This school had a reading room and a copy of the Buddhist canon. Fàn took on teaching duties himself. During summer and winter breaks he went on lecture tours around Zhèjiāng.		At the start of the Republic, Fàn set up a Buddhist school at Jīngyán Temple 精嚴寺 in Jiāxīng. This school had a reading room and a copy of the Buddhist canon. Fàn took on teaching duties himself. During summer and winter breaks he went on lecture tours around Zhèjiāng.

-	In [[1917]], he took refuge under Dìxián [[諦閑]], from whom he learned about Tiāntái 天台. Fàn was not partisan, however, and also respected Tàixū [[太虛]]~~，Yuányīng~~ [[圓瑛]]~~，and~~ Yìnguāng [[印光]]. He eventually focused his study of Buddhism on the ''Chéng wéishì lùn'' 成唯識論 and the ''Yogācāra-bhūmi-śāstra'' 瑜伽師地論. In September of [[1918]], Fàn invited the recently-ordained Hóngyì [[弘一]] to study at his school, which the latter did for several months.	+	In [[1917]], he took refuge under Dìxián [[諦閑]], from whom he learned about Tiāntái 天台. Fàn was not partisan, however, and also respected Tàixū [[太虛]], Yuányīng [[圓瑛]], and Yìnguāng [[印光]]. He eventually focused his study of Buddhism on the ''Chéng wéishì lùn'' 成唯識論 and the ''Yogācāra-bhūmi-śāstra'' 瑜伽師地論. In September of [[1918]], Fàn invited the recently-ordained Hóngyì [[弘一]] to study at his school, which the latter did for several months.

-	In January [[1929]], Fàn he was invited to Shànghǎi to serve as general editor for the nascent ~~Shanghai~~ Buddhist Books [[上海佛學書局]]. He had numerous duties while there, including editing ~~the~~ Buddhism Semimonthly [[佛學半月刊]], which began publication in [[1930]]. For the Semimonthly he contributed a regular Q&A column. In April, [[1935]] he became general editor of the first daily Buddhist newspaper in China.	+	In January [[1929]], Fàn he was invited to Shànghǎi to serve as general editor for the nascent Shànghǎi Buddhist Books [[上海佛學書局]]. He had numerous duties while there, including editing ''Buddhism Semimonthly'' [[佛學半月刊]], which began publication in [[1930]]. For the Semimonthly he contributed a regular Q&A column. In April, [[1935]] he became general editor of the first daily Buddhist newspaper in China.

	Because of the War, in August, [[1937]], he fled to Chányuán Temple [[禪源寺]] on Mt. Tiānmù 天目山. The following year he accepted an invitation to lecture on Pure Land, Consciousness-Only, and Abhidharma at the Shěngxīn Lotus Society [[省心蓮社]] in Shànghǎi.		Because of the War, in August, [[1937]], he fled to Chányuán Temple [[禪源寺]] on Mt. Tiānmù 天目山. The following year he accepted an invitation to lecture on Pure Land, Consciousness-Only, and Abhidharma at the Shěngxīn Lotus Society [[省心蓮社]] in Shànghǎi.