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	== Biography ==		== Biography ==
-	As a youth, Pǔcháng attended a traditional Confucian academy. At the age of 15 ''suì'' 歲, Pǔcháng lost his sight. He made a number of vows before an image of Guānyīn, including the ~~view~~ to remain a vegetarian for the rest of his life, and his sight later returned. Pǔcháng's father, an officer, died in a French attack on Jīlóng [[基隆]], Táiwān [[台灣]] in [[1884]]. In [[1886]], Pǔcháng himself joined the military.	+	As a youth, Pǔcháng attended a traditional Confucian academy. At the age of 15 ''suì'' 歲, Pǔcháng lost his sight. He made a number of vows before an image of Guānyīn, including the vow to remain a vegetarian for the rest of his life, and his sight later returned. Pǔcháng's father, an officer, died in a French attack on Jīlóng [[基隆]], Táiwān [[台灣]] in [[1884]]. In [[1886]], Pǔcháng himself joined the military.

	Pǔcháng was tonsured in [[1891]] at Qìngchéng Temple [[慶城寺]] by Guǎngquán [[廣權]], and he received full ordination the following year at Yǒngquán Temple [[湧泉寺]] on Mt. Gǔ [[鼓山]]. In [[1902]], while traveling to many of the famous Buddhist sites of China, Pǔcháng met Chan Master Fǎrěn [[法忍]]. His peregrinations ended in [[1904]] when he took a position at Pílú Temple [[毗盧寺]] in Nánjīng [[南京]]. Two years later, he and Yùexiá [[月霞]] edited Fǎrěn's lectures on the ''Laṅkāvatāra Sūtra'' into ''Léngqié bǐjì'' 楞伽筆記.		Pǔcháng was tonsured in [[1891]] at Qìngchéng Temple [[慶城寺]] by Guǎngquán [[廣權]], and he received full ordination the following year at Yǒngquán Temple [[湧泉寺]] on Mt. Gǔ [[鼓山]]. In [[1902]], while traveling to many of the famous Buddhist sites of China, Pǔcháng met Chan Master Fǎrěn [[法忍]]. His peregrinations ended in [[1904]] when he took a position at Pílú Temple [[毗盧寺]] in Nánjīng [[南京]]. Two years later, he and Yùexiá [[月霞]] edited Fǎrěn's lectures on the ''Laṅkāvatāra Sūtra'' into ''Léngqié bǐjì'' 楞伽筆記.

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	== Biography ==		== Biography ==
-	As a youth, ~~PǔchángAt~~ attended a traditional Confucian academy. At the age of 15 ''suì'' 歲, Pǔcháng lost his sight. He made a number of vows before an image of Guānyīn, including the view to remain a vegetarian for the rest of his life, and his sight later returned. Pǔcháng's father, an officer, died in a French attack on Jīlóng [[基隆]], Táiwān [[台灣]] in [[1884]]. In [[1886]], Pǔcháng himself joined the military.	+	As a youth, Pǔcháng attended a traditional Confucian academy. At the age of 15 ''suì'' 歲, Pǔcháng lost his sight. He made a number of vows before an image of Guānyīn, including the view to remain a vegetarian for the rest of his life, and his sight later returned. Pǔcháng's father, an officer, died in a French attack on Jīlóng [[基隆]], Táiwān [[台灣]] in [[1884]]. In [[1886]], Pǔcháng himself joined the military.

	Pǔcháng was tonsured in [[1891]] at Qìngchéng Temple [[慶城寺]] by Guǎngquán [[廣權]], and he received full ordination the following year at Yǒngquán Temple [[湧泉寺]] on Mt. Gǔ [[鼓山]]. In [[1902]], while traveling to many of the famous Buddhist sites of China, Pǔcháng met Chan Master Fǎrěn [[法忍]]. His peregrinations ended in [[1904]] when he took a position at Pílú Temple [[毗盧寺]] in Nánjīng [[南京]]. Two years later, he and Yùexiá [[月霞]] edited Fǎrěn's lectures on the ''Laṅkāvatāra Sūtra'' into ''Léngqié bǐjì'' 楞伽筆記.		Pǔcháng was tonsured in [[1891]] at Qìngchéng Temple [[慶城寺]] by Guǎngquán [[廣權]], and he received full ordination the following year at Yǒngquán Temple [[湧泉寺]] on Mt. Gǔ [[鼓山]]. In [[1902]], while traveling to many of the famous Buddhist sites of China, Pǔcháng met Chan Master Fǎrěn [[法忍]]. His peregrinations ended in [[1904]] when he took a position at Pílú Temple [[毗盧寺]] in Nánjīng [[南京]]. Two years later, he and Yùexiá [[月霞]] edited Fǎrěn's lectures on the ''Laṅkāvatāra Sūtra'' into ''Léngqié bǐjì'' 楞伽筆記.

-	During the first decade of the 20th century, Pǔcháng lectured widely. Notably, he taught the ''Śūraṅgama Sūtra'' at the Universal Saṇgha Study Hall [[普通僧學堂]] in the late [[1910s]]. He also lectured on the ''Laṅkāvatāra Sūtra'' in Tōkyō.	+	During the first decade of the 20th century, Pǔcháng lectured widely. Notably, he taught the ''Śūraṅgama Sūtra'' at the Universal Saṇgha Study Hall [[普通僧學堂]] in the late [[1910s]]. He also lectured on the ''Laṅkāvatāra Sūtra'' in Tōkyō. (He returned to Japan in [[1924]] as part of a Chinese delegation that went to there to teach Buddhism and offer relief in the wake of the devastating [[1923]] Kantō Earthquake.)

-	In [[1912]] he traveled to Kūnmíng [[昆明]] with Master Xūyún [[虛雲]] to ~~participate in~~ ordinations and ~~to establish~~ branches of a Buddhist organization. ~~In [[1919]] he returned to the East Coast, where he settled at Qītǎ Temple [[七塔寺]]~~ in ~~Níngbō [[寧波]]~~ for ~~a period of intensive practice.~~	+	In [[1912]] he traveled to Kūnmíng [[昆明]] with Master Xūyún [[虛雲]] to help with ordinations and in the establishment of branches of a Buddhist organization. He stayed in southwest China for seven years.
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-	~~In [[1924]] he traveled with around 30 other people as part of a Chinese delegation that traveled to Japan to teach Buddhism and offer relief in the wake of devastating Kantō Earthquake of [[1923]].~~	+
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-	~~In [[1928]] he established the Bào'ēn Buddhist Seminary [[報恩佛學院]] at Qītǎ Temple. For three~~ years ~~he lectured on the Huáyán Sūtra there. These lectures were collected and published as ''Huáyán jīng qiǎnshuō'' 華嚴經淺說.~~	+
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-	~~In [[1933]] he oversaw the ordination of over 600 monastics at his temple. There is currently no other information available about his life after this~~.	+

		+	In [[1919]] Pǔcháng returned to the East coast, where he settled at Qītǎ Temple [[七塔寺]] in Níngbō [[寧波]] for a period of intensive practice. This temple became his home base, and he eventually became abbot there in the mid [[1930s]]. prior to becoming abbot, he established the Bào'ēn Buddhist Seminary [[報恩佛學院]] there in [[1928]]. For three years he lectured on the Huáyán Sūtra in the seminary, and these lectures were later collected and published as ''Huáyán jīng qiǎnshuō'' 華嚴經淺說. In [[1933]] Pǔcháng oversaw the ordination of over 600 monastics at his temple. He also contributed a number of articles to to only issue of his seminary's periodical, ''Qītǎ Bào'ēn Fóxuéyuàn yuànkān'' [[七塔報恩佛學院院刊]], which was published in October [[1936]]. There is currently no other information available about his life after this date.

	== Important Works ==		== Important Works ==

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	In [[1924]] he traveled with around 30 other people as part of a Chinese delegation that traveled to Japan to teach Buddhism and offer relief in the wake of devastating Kantō Earthquake of [[1923]].		In [[1924]] he traveled with around 30 other people as part of a Chinese delegation that traveled to Japan to teach Buddhism and offer relief in the wake of devastating Kantō Earthquake of [[1923]].

-	In [[1928]] he established the ~~Bàoēn~~ Buddhist Seminary [[報恩佛學院]] at Qītǎ Temple. For three years he lectured on the Huáyán Sūtra there. These lectures were collected and published as ''Huáyán jīng qiǎnshuō'' 華嚴經淺說.	+	In [[1928]] he established the Bào'ēn Buddhist Seminary [[報恩佛學院]] at Qītǎ Temple. For three years he lectured on the Huáyán Sūtra there. These lectures were collected and published as ''Huáyán jīng qiǎnshuō'' 華嚴經淺說.

	In [[1933]] he oversaw the ordination of over 600 monastics at his temple. There is currently no other information available about his life after this.		In [[1933]] he oversaw the ordination of over 600 monastics at his temple. There is currently no other information available about his life after this.

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'''Pǔcháng 溥常 (b. 1866)''' a lecturer and teacher active in the Jiāngnán [[江南]] region in the [[1910s]] and [[1930s]].

== Biography ==
As a youth, PǔchángAt attended a traditional Confucian academy. At the age of 15 ''suì'' 歲, Pǔcháng lost his sight. He made a number of vows before an image of Guānyīn, including the view to remain a vegetarian for the rest of his life, and his sight later returned. Pǔcháng's father, an officer, died in a French attack on Jīlóng [[基隆]], Táiwān [[台灣]] in [[1884]]. In [[1886]], Pǔcháng himself joined the military.

Pǔcháng was tonsured in [[1891]] at Qìngchéng Temple [[慶城寺]] by Guǎngquán [[廣權]], and he received full ordination the following year at Yǒngquán Temple [[湧泉寺]] on Mt. Gǔ [[鼓山]]. In [[1902]], while traveling to many of the famous Buddhist sites of China, Pǔcháng met Chan Master Fǎrěn [[法忍]]. His peregrinations ended in [[1904]] when he took a position at Pílú Temple [[毗盧寺]] in Nánjīng [[南京]]. Two years later, he and Yùexiá [[月霞]] edited Fǎrěn's lectures on the ''Laṅkāvatāra Sūtra'' into ''Léngqié bǐjì'' 楞伽筆記.

During the first decade of the 20th century, Pǔcháng lectured widely. Notably, he taught the ''Śūraṅgama Sūtra'' at the Universal Saṇgha Study Hall [[普通僧學堂]] in the late [[1910s]]. He also lectured on the ''Laṅkāvatāra Sūtra'' in Tōkyō.

In [[1912]] he traveled to Kūnmíng [[昆明]] with Master Xūyún [[虛雲]] to participate in ordinations and to establish branches of a Buddhist organization. In [[1919]] he returned to the East Coast, where he settled at Qītǎ Temple [[七塔寺]] in Níngbō [[寧波]] for a period of intensive practice.

In [[1924]] he traveled with around 30 other people as part of a Chinese delegation that traveled to Japan to teach Buddhism and offer relief in the wake of devastating Kantō Earthquake of [[1923]].

In [[1928]] he established the Bàoēn Buddhist Seminary [[報恩佛學院]] at Qītǎ Temple. For three years he lectured on the Huáyán Sūtra there. These lectures were collected and published as ''Huáyán jīng qiǎnshuō'' 華嚴經淺說.

In [[1933]] he oversaw the ordination of over 600 monastics at his temple. There is currently no other information available about his life after this.

== Important Works ==
* ''Huáyán jīng qiǎnshuō'' 華嚴經淺說

== Notes ==
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== References ==
* {{XFRC}} Pp. 2.1322a-23b.

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