1910s

Current revision as of 22:47, 21 June 2010

The 1910s was the decade that saw the fall of the Qīng dynasty, the establishment of the Republic of China 中華民國, and the start of the Warlord era.

1910

• 1910 in the Western calendar is roughly equivalent to:
  • Traditional Calendar: gēngxū 庚戌, starting on February 10
  • Traditional Buddhist Year: 2454
  • Current Standard Buddhist Year: 1971
  • Xuāntǒng 宣統 2
  • Meiji 明治 43
• Buddhist Events
  • Jiāngsū Sangha Education Association 江蘇僧教育會 founded, Yuèxiá 月霞 is president
  • Buddhist Normal School for Monastics 佛教師範僧學校 established in Nánjīng 南京, Dìxián 諦閑 is principal
  • The Jetavana Hermitage 祇洹精舍 closes
• Political Events

1911

• 1911 in the Western calendar is roughly equivalent to:
  • Traditional Calendar: xīnhài 辛亥, starting on January 30
  • Traditional Buddhist Year: 2455
  • Current Standard Buddhist Year: 1972
  • Xuāntǒng 宣統 3
  • Meiji 明治 44
• Buddhist Events
  • Yáng Wénhuì 楊文會 dies on October 8
• Political Events
  • October 10: Wǔchāng Uprising 武昌起義, Xīnhài revolution begins

1912

• 1912 in the Western calendar is roughly equivalent to:
  • Traditional Calendar: rènzǐ 任子, starting on February 18
  • Traditional Buddhist Year: 2456
  • Current Standard Buddhist Year: 1973
  • Mínguó 民國 1
  • Meiji 明治 45 / Taishō 大正 1
• Buddhist Events
  • February: The Invasion of Jinshan 大鬧金山
  • March 20 to April 1: The lay-dominated Chinese Buddhist Association 中國佛教會 organized
  • April 1: Chinese General Buddhist Association 中華佛教總會 established
  • October: Fóxué cóngbào 佛學叢報 begins publication
  • Huáyán University 華嚴大學 started in Shànghǎi 上海 by Yuèxiá 月霞
  • Dìxián 諦閑 becomes abbot of Guānzōng Lecture Temple 觀宗講寺
• Political Events
  • January 1: Republic of China 中華民國 proclaimed, Mínguó 民國 era begins
  • February 12: Emperor Pǔyí 溥儀 formally abdicates, Xuāntǒng 宣統 era ends
  • March 10: Yuán Shìkǎi 袁世凱 takes office of President of the ROC
  • July 30: Meiji era ends, Taishō era begins in Japan
  • August 25: Founding of the Republican Party 國民黨

1913

• 1913 in the Western calendar is roughly equivalent to:
  • Traditional Calendar: guǐchǒu 癸丑, starting on February 6
  • Traditional Buddhist Year: 2457
  • Current Standard Buddhist Year: 1974
  • Mínguó 民國 2
  • Taishō 大正 2
• Buddhist Events
• Political Events
  • March: Song Jiaoren 宋教仁 assassinated

1914

• 1914 in the Western calendar is roughly equivalent to:
  • Traditional Calendar: jiāyín 甲寅, starting on January 26
  • Traditional Buddhist Year: 2458
  • Current Standard Buddhist Year: 1975
  • Mínguó 民國 3
  • Taishō 大正 3
• Buddhist Events
  • March: Huáyán University 華嚴大學 moves to Hǎicháo Temple 海潮寺 in Hángzhōu 杭州
  • July: Fóxué cóngbào 佛學叢報 ceases publication
  • November: Yuányīng 圓瑛 begins a trip to Southeast Asia
• Political Events
  • August 23: The Republic of China cancels German lease of Jiāozhōu Bay 膠州灣
  • November 7: Jiāozhōu Bay occupied by Japan

1915

• 1915 in the Western calendar is roughly equivalent to:
  • Traditional Calendar: yǐmǎo 乙卯, starting on February 14
  • Traditional Buddhist Year: 2459
  • Current Standard Buddhist Year: 1976
  • Mínguó 民國 4
  • Taishō 大正 4
• Buddhist Events
• Political Events
  • January 18: Japan's "Twenty-One Demands" delivered to the Chinese government

1916

• 1916 in the Western calendar is roughly equivalent to:
  • Traditional Calendar: bǐngchén 丙辰, starting on February 3
  • Traditional Buddhist Year: 2460
  • Current Standard Buddhist Year: 1977
  • Mínguó 民國 5
  • Empire of China 中華帝國: Hóngxiàn 洪憲 1
  • Taishō 大正 5
• Buddhist Events
  • Yuèxiá 月霞 becomes abbot of Xīngfú Temple 興福寺
• Political Events
  • January 1: Yuan Shikai proclaimed Emperor of the Empire of China
  • March 22: Yuan Shikai abandons status of Emperor
  • June 5/6: Yuan Shikai dies
  • Start of the "Warlord Era"

1917

• 1917 in the Western calendar is roughly equivalent to:
  • Traditional Calendar: dīngsì 丁巳, starting on January 25
  • Traditional Buddhist Year: 2461
  • Current Standard Buddhist Year: 1978
  • Mínguó 民國 6
  • Taishō 大正 6
• Buddhist Events
  • The Chinese General Buddhist Association 中華佛教總會 is reorganized as the Chinese Buddhist Association 中華佛教會 in Běijīng 北京
• Political Events
  • July 1: Qing Dynasty proclaimed restored by Zhang Xun 張勳
  • July 12: Qing restoration abandoned

1918

• 1918 in the Western calendar is roughly equivalent to:
  • Traditional Calendar: wùwǔ 戊午, starting on February 11
  • Traditional Buddhist Year: 2462
  • Current Standard Buddhist Year: 1979
  • Mínguó 民國 7
  • Taishō 大正 7
• Buddhist Events
  • Summer: The Awakening Society 覺社 is founded in Shànghǎi 上海
  • October 10: Juéshè cóngshū 覺社叢書 beings publication
  • The Guānzōng Research Society 觀宗研究社, a Buddhist seminary, is founded by Dìxián 諦閑 at Guānzōng Temple 觀宗寺
  • The Bějīing Scriptural Press 北京刻經處 is founded by Xú Wèirú 徐蔚如 and others
• Political Events

1919

• 1919 in the Western calendar is roughly equivalent to:
  • Traditional Calendar: jǐwèi 己未, starting on February 1
  • Traditional Buddhist Year: 2463
  • Current Standard Buddhist Year: 1980
  • Mínguó 民國 8
  • Taishō 大正 8
• Buddhist Events
  • April 17: Timothy Richard 李提摩太 dies in London
  • The Chinese Buddhist Association 中華佛教會 is shut down by the Běijīng 北京 Police
  • Dharmadhatu Seminary 法界學院 opens
  • The Tiānjīn Scriptural Press 天津刻經處 is founded by Xú Wèirú 徐蔚如 and others
  • At the end of the year, the headquarters of the Awakening Society 覺社 are moved from Shànghǎi 上海 to the Jìngfàn yuàn 淨梵院 on the West Lake in Hángzhōu 杭州
• Political Events
  • May 4: Student demonstrations of the "May Fourth Movement" in Běijīng 北京
  • October 10: Sūn Zhōngshān 孫中山 establishes the Chinese Republican Party in Shànghǎi 上海