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-	Tánxuán ordained at a young age. Once, while still a teenager, he was performing a Buddhist repentance ceremony at the home of a layman (which he often did on the instructions of his father). That layman asked him a pointed question about the meaning of ''bodhi'' (enlightened wisdom) and after he was unable to answer, Tánxuán began to study the Buddhist scriptures in earnest. Seeing his son's earnest desire to study the scriptures, his father stopped asking him to perform repentance rites. It was at this point that the young monk adopted to the name Tánxuán. later~~, he~~ traveled to Língyǐn Temple [[靈隱寺]] in Hángzhōu [[杭州]] to continue his studies.	+	Tánxuán ordained at a young age. Once, while still a teenager, he was performing a Buddhist repentance ceremony at the home of a layman (which he often did on the instructions of his father). That layman asked him a pointed question about the meaning of ''bodhi'' (enlightened wisdom) and after he was unable to answer, Tánxuán began to study the Buddhist scriptures in earnest. Seeing his son's earnest desire to study the scriptures, his father stopped asking him to perform repentance rites. It was at this point that the young monk adopted to the name Tánxuán. He later traveled to Língyǐn Temple [[靈隱寺]] in Hángzhōu [[杭州]] to continue his studies.

-	In the spring of [[1925]] Tánxuán, along with Lèguān 樂觀 and Xiǎowù 曉悟, received the support of Wáng Yītíng [[王一亭]] to travel to Ōsaka to study at the Mishū Buddhist Seminary 密宗佛學院, which had recently been established by 玉山 to train Chinese monks ''gratis'' in Japanese Esoteric Buddhism [[東密]]. Upon their arrival in Japan, however, the three monks discovered that the Mishū Buddhist Seminary existed in name. Lèguān and Xiǎowù returned to China without delay, but Tánxuán remained in Japan, studying until [[1929]] or [[1930]].	+	In the spring of [[1925]] Tánxuán, along with Lèguān 樂觀 and Xiǎowù 曉悟, received the support of Wáng Yītíng [[王一亭]] to travel to Ōsaka to study at the Mishū Buddhist Seminary 密宗佛學院, which had recently been established by 玉山 to train Chinese monks ''gratis'' in Japanese Esoteric Buddhism [[東密]]. Upon their arrival in Japan, however, the three monks were dismayed to discovered that the Mishū Buddhist Seminary existed in name only. Lèguān and Xiǎowù returned to China without delay, but Tánxuán remained in Japan, studying until [[1929]] or [[1930]].

	In September of [[1932]], Tánxuán became researcher at the World Buddhist Studies Center [[世界佛學苑]].<ref>According to Yú, Tánxuán died of tuberculosis in [[1933]] or [[1934]]. Shì disagrees, and I have followed the latter assessment here.</ref>		In September of [[1932]], Tánxuán became researcher at the World Buddhist Studies Center [[世界佛學苑]].<ref>According to Yú, Tánxuán died of tuberculosis in [[1933]] or [[1934]]. Shì disagrees, and I have followed the latter assessment here.</ref>

Erik hammerstrom at 15:07, 4 June 2010

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-	Tánxuán ordained at a young age. Once, while still a teenager, he was performing a Buddhist repentance ceremony at the home of a layman (which he often did on the instructions of his father). That layman asked him a pointed question about the meaning of ''bodhi'' (enlightened wisdom) and after he was unable to answer, Tánxuán began to study the Buddhist scriptures in earnest. Seeing his son's earnest desire to study the scriptures, his father stopped asking him to perform repentance rites. It was at this point that the young monk adopted to the name Tánxuán. later, he traveled to Língyǐn Temple [[靈隱寺]] in Hángzhōu [[杭州 ] to continue his studies.	+	Tánxuán ordained at a young age. Once, while still a teenager, he was performing a Buddhist repentance ceremony at the home of a layman (which he often did on the instructions of his father). That layman asked him a pointed question about the meaning of ''bodhi'' (enlightened wisdom) and after he was unable to answer, Tánxuán began to study the Buddhist scriptures in earnest. Seeing his son's earnest desire to study the scriptures, his father stopped asking him to perform repentance rites. It was at this point that the young monk adopted to the name Tánxuán. later, he traveled to Língyǐn Temple [[靈隱寺]] in Hángzhōu [[杭州]] to continue his studies.

	In the spring of [[1925]] Tánxuán, along with Lèguān 樂觀 and Xiǎowù 曉悟, received the support of Wáng Yītíng [[王一亭]] to travel to Ōsaka to study at the Mishū Buddhist Seminary 密宗佛學院, which had recently been established by 玉山 to train Chinese monks ''gratis'' in Japanese Esoteric Buddhism [[東密]]. Upon their arrival in Japan, however, the three monks discovered that the Mishū Buddhist Seminary existed in name. Lèguān and Xiǎowù returned to China without delay, but Tánxuán remained in Japan, studying until [[1929]] or [[1930]].		In the spring of [[1925]] Tánxuán, along with Lèguān 樂觀 and Xiǎowù 曉悟, received the support of Wáng Yītíng [[王一亭]] to travel to Ōsaka to study at the Mishū Buddhist Seminary 密宗佛學院, which had recently been established by 玉山 to train Chinese monks ''gratis'' in Japanese Esoteric Buddhism [[東密]]. Upon their arrival in Japan, however, the three monks discovered that the Mishū Buddhist Seminary existed in name. Lèguān and Xiǎowù returned to China without delay, but Tánxuán remained in Japan, studying until [[1929]] or [[1930]].

Erik hammerstrom at 15:16, 23 April 2010

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	In September of [[1932]], Tánxuán became researcher at the World Buddhist Studies Center [[世界佛學苑]].<ref>According to Yú, Tánxuán died of tuberculosis in [[1933]] or [[1934]]. Shì disagrees, and I have followed the latter assessment here.</ref>		In September of [[1932]], Tánxuán became researcher at the World Buddhist Studies Center [[世界佛學苑]].<ref>According to Yú, Tánxuán died of tuberculosis in [[1933]] or [[1934]]. Shì disagrees, and I have followed the latter assessment here.</ref>

-	In [[1934]], Tánxuán went back to Japan, where he studied both Shingon 真言 and Tendai 天台 forms of Esotericism. He returned to China in [[1935]], bringing with him more than two thousand volumes of texts on ''mūdras'', Esoteric history, and other items related to Esoteric Buddhism in a number of different languages.<re>~~This information is only found in~~ Shì.</ref>	+	In [[1934]], Tánxuán went back to Japan, where he studied both Shingon 真言 and Tendai 天台 forms of Esotericism. He returned to China in [[1935]], bringing with him more than two thousand volumes of texts on ''mūdras'', Esoteric history, and other items related to Esoteric Buddhism in a number of different languages.<ref>Shì, 434-435.</ref>

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* Fǎfǎng [[法舫]]
* Lèguān 樂觀
* Xiǎowù 曉悟
* Wáng Yītíng [[王一亭]]
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'''Tánxuán 談玄''' studied both Shingon 真言 and Tendai 天台 forms of Esotericism in the mid 1930s, and brought thousands of texts related to those schools from Japan to China in [[1935]].

==Biography==

Tánxuán ordained at a young age. Once, while still a teenager, he was performing a Buddhist repentance ceremony at the home of a layman (which he often did on the instructions of his father). That layman asked him a pointed question about the meaning of ''bodhi'' (enlightened wisdom) and after he was unable to answer, Tánxuán began to study the Buddhist scriptures in earnest. Seeing his son's earnest desire to study the scriptures, his father stopped asking him to perform repentance rites. It was at this point that the young monk adopted to the name Tánxuán. later, he traveled to Língyǐn Temple [[靈隱寺]] in Hángzhōu [[杭州 ] to continue his studies.

In the spring of [[1925]] Tánxuán, along with Lèguān 樂觀 and Xiǎowù 曉悟, received the support of Wáng Yītíng [[王一亭]] to travel to Ōsaka to study at the Mishū Buddhist Seminary 密宗佛學院, which had recently been established by 玉山 to train Chinese monks ''gratis'' in Japanese Esoteric Buddhism [[東密]]. Upon their arrival in Japan, however, the three monks discovered that the Mishū Buddhist Seminary existed in name. Lèguān and Xiǎowù returned to China without delay, but Tánxuán remained in Japan, studying until [[1929]] or [[1930]].

In September of [[1932]], Tánxuán became researcher at the World Buddhist Studies Center [[世界佛學苑]].<ref>According to Yú, Tánxuán died of tuberculosis in [[1933]] or [[1934]]. Shì disagrees, and I have followed the latter assessment here.</ref>

In [[1934]], Tánxuán went back to Japan, where he studied both Shingon 真言 and Tendai 天台 forms of Esotericism. He returned to China in [[1935]], bringing with him more than two thousand volumes of texts on ''mūdras'', Esoteric history, and other items related to Esoteric Buddhism in a number of different languages.<re>This information is only found in Shì.</ref>

==Notes==

<references/>

==References==
* {{ZFJS}} Pp. 1.433-436.
* {{XFRC}} Pp. 2.1588c-1589b.

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