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- | + | Ōuyáng was a lay Buddhist teacher and founder of the Chinese Inner Studies Institute [[支那內學院]]. | |
* Born [[1871]] (Tóngzhì 同治 10) in Yíhuáng county 宜黃縣, Jiāngxī 江西 | * Born [[1871]] (Tóngzhì 同治 10) in Yíhuáng county 宜黃縣, Jiāngxī 江西 | ||
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'''Biography''' | '''Biography''' | ||
- | + | Ōuyáng studied under Yáng Wénhuì [[楊文會]] in Nánjīng 南京, and after Yáng's death Ōuyáng continued his teacher's education efforts by founding the Chinese Inner Studies Institute [[支那內學院]] in [[1922]]. In [[1931]] he founded the periodicals Inner Studies Monthly [[內院年刊]] and Inner Studies Magazine [[內院雜誌]]. He was a vocal advocate of Fǎxiàng/Wéishì (Dharma-character / Consciousness-only) philosophy [[法相唯識學]]. | |
In the 1920s, he and several of his students were involved in debates, primarily with Tàixū [[太虛]] and his students, over the authenticity of the ''Mahāyāna Awakening of Faith'' (See [[大乘起信論真偽辯]]). His side felt it was a Chinese apocryphal text. | In the 1920s, he and several of his students were involved in debates, primarily with Tàixū [[太虛]] and his students, over the authenticity of the ''Mahāyāna Awakening of Faith'' (See [[大乘起信論真偽辯]]). His side felt it was a Chinese apocryphal text. |
Ōuyáng was a lay Buddhist teacher and founder of the Chinese Inner Studies Institute 支那內學院.
Biography
Ōuyáng studied under Yáng Wénhuì 楊文會 in Nánjīng 南京, and after Yáng's death Ōuyáng continued his teacher's education efforts by founding the Chinese Inner Studies Institute 支那內學院 in 1922. In 1931 he founded the periodicals Inner Studies Monthly 內院年刊 and Inner Studies Magazine 內院雜誌. He was a vocal advocate of Fǎxiàng/Wéishì (Dharma-character / Consciousness-only) philosophy 法相唯識學.
In the 1920s, he and several of his students were involved in debates, primarily with Tàixū 太虛 and his students, over the authenticity of the Mahāyāna Awakening of Faith (See 大乘起信論真偽辯). His side felt it was a Chinese apocryphal text.
In 1937 he fled Nánjīng because of the war and continued his publishing activities in Jiāngjīn 江津, Sìchuān 四川. He died of illness in 1943.
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