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* Courtesy name 字: Suìqīng 穗卿
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|birth=October [[1863]] (Tóngzhì 同治 2) in Hángzhōu [[杭州]]
|death=[[1924]] in Běijīng [[北京]]
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* Liáng Qǐchāo [[梁啓超]]
* Tán Sìtóng [[譚嗣同]]
* Yán Fù [[嚴復]]
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'''Xià Zēngyòu 夏曾佑 (1863-1924)''' was a famous historian and poet of the late Qīng 清 period, as well as a noted lay Buddhist scholar.

==Biography==
Xià was the son of a famous mathematician from Hángzhōu [[杭州]]. His father died at a young age, but he mother was able to educate him and at 28 ''suì'' 歲 he received his ''xiùcái'' 秀才 degree. He entered the prestigious Hánlín Academy 翰林院, and before long took a job with the Ministry of Rites 禮部. In Běijīng [[北京]] in [[1894]] he became acquainted with Liáng Qǐchāo [[梁啓超]]. Xià also met Wú Jiāruì 吳嘉瑞, with whom he began studying Buddhism. They focused some of their energies on Consciousness-Only 唯識 thought. Two years later, they both taught Buddhism to Tán Sìtóng [[譚嗣同]] in Běijīng. Xià's interest in Consciusness-Only thought proved influential on Liáng and Tán.<ref>Mori Noriko, “Liang Qichao, Late-Qing Buddhism, and Modern Japan,” in Joshua A. Fogel, ed. ''The Role of Japan in Liang Qichao’s Introduction of Modern Western Civilization to China,'' China Research Monograph, no. 57. (Berkeley: University of California, 2004), 222-246. P. 226.</ref>

During his time in Běijīng, Xià became interested in new ideas and participated tangentially in the Hundred Days' Reform. In [[1899]] (Guāngxù 光緒 25) he was assigned to a post in Ānhuī [[安徽]]. When he mother died several years later he retired and moved to Shànghǎi [[上海]]. There he became acquainted with many of the town's lay Buddhists, he also began writing the historical and artistic (mostly poetic) works for which he would become famous.

In [[1905]], after the Russo-Japanese War, Xià was part of a delegation sent by the government to Japan on a fact-finding mission. During this time he wrote a draft of a modern constitution for China. After his return, he went back to Běijīng and worked for the reform of the government. Eventually he gave up and retired to devote his energies to Buddhism. After the founding of the Republic, he worked in the Ministry of Education.

He died in Běijīng in [[1924]].

==Important Works==
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==Notable Students==
* Liáng Qǐchāo [[梁啓超]]
* Tán Sìtóng [[譚嗣同]]

==Notes==

<references/>

==References==
* {{XFRC}} Pp. 1.815c-817b.

[[Category:Biography]]

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