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-	* {{~~TZGJZ~~}}. Pp. 54-55.	+	* {{Fang-Tian_tai_zong}} Pp. 54-55.
	* {{XFRC}} Pp. 1666-1667.		* {{XFRC}} Pp. 1666-1667.

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-	'''Chándìng 禪定 (1874-19??)''' was a monk associated with the Tiāntái 天台 school and the Guānzōng Lecture Temple [[觀宗講寺]] in Níngbō [[寧波]].	+	'''Chándìng 禪定 (1874-19??)''' was a monk associated with the Tiāntái [[天台]] school and the Guānzōng Lecture Temple [[觀宗講寺]] in Níngbō [[寧波]].

	==Biography==		==Biography==

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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. 54-55.	+	* {{TZGJZ}}. Pp. 54-55.
	* {{XFRC}} Pp. 1666-1667.		* {{XFRC}} Pp. 1666-1667.
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-	'''Chándìng 禪定''' was a monk associated with the Tiāntái 天台 school and the Guānzōng Lecture Temple [[觀宗講寺]] in Níngbō [[寧波]].	+	'''Chándìng 禪定 (1874-19??)''' was a monk associated with the Tiāntái 天台 school and the Guānzōng Lecture Temple [[觀宗講寺]] in Níngbō [[寧波]].

	==Biography==		==Biography==

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	In [[1923]] Chándìng retired from his position at Guānzōng, later serving at Tàibái 太白 Mountain's Tiāntóng Temple 天童寺 and Léngyán Temple 楞嚴寺 in Yíngkǒu 營口. In [[1949]] he fled the civil war to Hong Kong [[香港]] where he stayed at Bǎolián Temple 寶蓮寺 on Mount Xídàyǔ 錫大嶼山. Neither the date of his death nor any details about the final years of his life are known.		In [[1923]] Chándìng retired from his position at Guānzōng, later serving at Tàibái 太白 Mountain's Tiāntóng Temple 天童寺 and Léngyán Temple 楞嚴寺 in Yíngkǒu 營口. In [[1949]] he fled the civil war to Hong Kong [[香港]] where he stayed at Bǎolián Temple 寶蓮寺 on Mount Xídàyǔ 錫大嶼山. Neither the date of his death nor any details about the final years of his life are known.
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		+	==Important Works==
		+	* Preface to Dīng Fúbǎo 丁福保, ''Buddhist Studies Collectanea'' 佛學叢書, August or September, [[1920]]
		+	** This short piece was also printed in ''Hǎicháoyīn'' [[海潮音]], Vol. 2 no. 6, pp. 1-2.
		+	* A few other articles attributed to Chándìng appear in the [[MFQ]] and [[MFQB]] collections.

	==Notes==		==Notes==

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Biography

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	Little about the beginning or end of Chǎndìng's life is known. He is said to be from the north of Jiāngsū province, though when and where he was tonsured has gone unrecorded. He served as Guest Prefect 知客 in a temple in Shěnyáng 沈陽 around [[1895]], and returned to the south around [[1910]]. He became the eldest Dharma Heir 法子 of Yìngqián 應乾, abbot of Liúyún Temple 留雲寺 in Shànghǎi [[上海]], later taking over as abbot himself.		Little about the beginning or end of Chǎndìng's life is known. He is said to be from the north of Jiāngsū province, though when and where he was tonsured has gone unrecorded. He served as Guest Prefect 知客 in a temple in Shěnyáng 沈陽 around [[1895]], and returned to the south around [[1910]]. He became the eldest Dharma Heir 法子 of Yìngqián 應乾, abbot of Liúyún Temple 留雲寺 in Shànghǎi [[上海]], later taking over as abbot himself.

-	In [[1918]] he and Tánxū [[倓虛]] were classmates at the Guānzōng Study Society 觀宗學社 at Guānzōng Lecture Temple [[觀宗講寺]] in Níngbō [[寧波]], which had been established by Dìxián [[諦閑]]. The next year or so Chándìng formally joined the temple and served as head monk 方丈 for about 5 years. He helped with the construction then going on at the temple, and noting that the temple lacked scriptural texts he offered to acquire a set of the canonical scriptures 大藏經 from Běijīng [[北京]]. In [[1920]] he and Tánxū traveled together through the north, and arriving in Běijīng successfully solicited 1000 yuán 元 from the warlord Duàn Qíruì [[段祺瑞]] who ordered that the set of scriptures be printed by the government printers.<ref>Chándìng had prepared an outline of their task (四明觀宗講寺募請藏經疏) and forms for recording donations before he and Tánxū set out.</ref> By the end of [[1921]] it was ready, and the two monks brought the set back to Níngbō, along with a tablet with an inscription by President of the Republic, Xú Shìchāng 徐世昌, that read "慧日慈雲" (Sun of Wisdom, Clouds of Compassion).<ref>Xú was president of the government in Běijīng, a power contested by the Nationalist Party in Guǎngzhōu, among others.</ref>	+	In [[1918]] he and Tánxū [[倓虛]] were classmates at the Guānzōng Study Society 觀宗學社 at Guānzōng Lecture Temple [[觀宗講寺]] in Níngbō [[寧波]], which had been established by Dìxián [[諦閑]]. The next year or so Chándìng formally joined the temple and served as head monk 方丈 for about 5 years. He helped with the construction then going on at the temple, and noting that the temple lacked scriptural texts he offered to acquire a set of the canonical scriptures 大藏經 from Běijīng [[北京]]. Dìxián agreed, and Chándìng went to Shànghǎi to prepare for the journey and wait for Tánxū to get leave from the school. In [[1920]] he and Tánxū traveled together through the north, and arriving in Běijīng successfully solicited 1000 yuán 元 from the warlord Duàn Qíruì [[段祺瑞]] who ordered that the set of scriptures be printed by the government printers.<ref>Chándìng had prepared an outline of their task (四明觀宗講寺募請藏經疏) and forms for recording donations before he and Tánxū set out.</ref> By the end of [[1921]] it was ready, and the two monks brought the set back to Níngbō, along with a tablet with an inscription by President of the Republic, Xú Shìchāng 徐世昌, that read "慧日慈雲" (Sun of Wisdom, Clouds of Compassion).<ref>Xú was president of the government in Běijīng, a power contested by the Nationalist Party in Guǎngzhōu, among others.</ref>

	In [[1923]] Chándìng retired from his position at Guānzōng, later serving at Tàibái 太白 Mountain's Tiāntóng Temple 天童寺 and Léngyán Temple 楞嚴寺 in Yíngkǒu 營口. In [[1949]] he fled the civil war to Hong Kong [[香港]] where he stayed at Bǎolián Temple 寶蓮寺 on Mount Xídàyǔ 錫大嶼山. Neither the date of his death nor any details about the final years of his life are known.		In [[1923]] Chándìng retired from his position at Guānzōng, later serving at Tàibái 太白 Mountain's Tiāntóng Temple 天童寺 and Léngyán Temple 楞嚴寺 in Yíngkǒu 營口. In [[1949]] he fled the civil war to Hong Kong [[香港]] where he stayed at Bǎolián Temple 寶蓮寺 on Mount Xídàyǔ 錫大嶼山. Neither the date of his death nor any details about the final years of his life are known.

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|name-date=Chándìng 禪定 (1874-19??)
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|birth=[[1874]] (Tóngzhì 同治 13) in the north of Jiāngsū [[江蘇]]
|death=Unknown, some time after [[1949]]
|associates=Notable Associates:
* Dīng Fúbǎo [[丁福保]]
* Dìxiàn [[諦閑]]
* Tánxū [[倓虛]]
|editor-name=Gregory Adam Scott
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'''Chándìng 禪定''' was a monk associated with the Tiāntái 天台 school and the Guānzōng Lecture Temple [[觀宗講寺]] in Níngbō [[寧波]].

==Biography==

Little about the beginning or end of Chǎndìng's life is known. He is said to be from the north of Jiāngsū province, though when and where he was tonsured has gone unrecorded. He served as Guest Prefect 知客 in a temple in Shěnyáng 沈陽 around [[1895]], and returned to the south around [[1910]]. He became the eldest Dharma Heir 法子 of Yìngqián 應乾, abbot of Liúyún Temple 留雲寺 in Shànghǎi [[上海]], later taking over as abbot himself.

In [[1918]] he and Tánxū [[倓虛]] were classmates at the Guānzōng Study Society 觀宗學社 at Guānzōng Lecture Temple [[觀宗講寺]] in Níngbō [[寧波]], which had been established by Dìxián [[諦閑]]. The next year or so Chándìng formally joined the temple and served as head monk 方丈 for about 5 years. He helped with the construction then going on at the temple, and noting that the temple lacked scriptural texts he offered to acquire a set of the canonical scriptures 大藏經 from Běijīng [[北京]]. In [[1920]] he and Tánxū traveled together through the north, and arriving in Běijīng successfully solicited 1000 yuán 元 from the warlord Duàn Qíruì [[段祺瑞]] who ordered that the set of scriptures be printed by the government printers.<ref>Chándìng had prepared an outline of their task (四明觀宗講寺募請藏經疏) and forms for recording donations before he and Tánxū set out.</ref> By the end of [[1921]] it was ready, and the two monks brought the set back to Níngbō, along with a tablet with an inscription by President of the Republic, Xú Shìchāng 徐世昌, that read "慧日慈雲" (Sun of Wisdom, Clouds of Compassion).<ref>Xú was president of the government in Běijīng, a power contested by the Nationalist Party in Guǎngzhōu, among others.</ref>

In [[1923]] Chándìng retired from his position at Guānzōng, later serving at Tàibái 太白 Mountain's Tiāntóng Temple 天童寺 and Léngyán Temple 楞嚴寺 in Yíngkǒu 營口. In [[1949]] he fled the civil war to Hong Kong [[香港]] where he stayed at Bǎolián Temple 寶蓮寺 on Mount Xídàyǔ 錫大嶼山. Neither the date of his death nor any details about the final years of his life are known.

==Notes==
<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. 54-55.
* {{XFRC}} Pp. 1666-1667.

[[Category:Biography]]