Duhuan 度寰

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== '''Dùhuán 度寰 (1905-1988)''' ==
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|name-date=Dùhuán 度寰 (1905-1988)
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|birth=[[1905]] (Guāngxù 光緒 31) in Ānqìng [[安慶]], Ānhuī [[安徽]]
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|death=1988 at Jìng'ān Temple [[靜安寺]], Shànghǎi [[上海]]
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* Chísōng [[持松]]
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|editor-name=Erik Hammerstrom
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'''Biography'''
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'''Dùhuán 度寰 (1905-1988)''' was a monk, student of esoteric Buddhism, and doctor of Chinese medicine. He was a living link in the Chinese Buddhist tradition through the Cultural Revolution.
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From Anqing 安慶 in ANhui province. He was sent by his family to tonsure at age 9. At 17 (1922) he went to the city Sangha-school, where he studied under Chángxǐng [[常惺]]. In 1925, he went to Minnan Buddhist Seminary [[閩南佛學院]]. After he graduated he stayed on to teach. After a single [?] year, he went to Shanghai to study medicine at Chinese Medical College 中醫學院, and a year later began practicing medicine at Shèngxiān 聖仙 Temple. He learned esoteric Buddhism from Chísòng [[持松]], who was also living there at the time. In 1952, the two of them went to Jìng'an [[靜安]] Temple, where Chísòng became abbot and to teach esoteric Buddhism. During the Cultural Revolution, Dùhuán left his robes, but he took them up again after 1979. In 1983, the Shanghai Buddhist Seminary [[上海佛學院]] was re-formed, and Duhuan taught there. In 1987, he was named abbot of Jìng'an Temple. He died of illness in 1988.
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==Biography==
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From Ānqìng [[安慶]] in Ānhuī [[安徽]] province, Dùhuán was sent by his family to tonsure at age 9. At 17 ([[1922]]) he enrolled at the Ānhuī Monastic School [[安徽僧學校]], where he studied under Chángxǐng [[常惺]] and Chísōng [[持松]]. In [[1925]], he went to Mínnán Buddhist Seminary [[閩南佛學院]]. One or two years later, he went to Shànghǎi [[上海]] to study medicine at the Chinese Medical College 中醫學院, and a year later began practicing medicine at Shèngxiān Temple [[聖仙寺]]. There, he also studied esoteric Buddhism under Chísōng. In 1952, the two of them went to Jìng'ān Temple [[靜安寺]] when Chísōng became abbot, and together they taught esoteric Buddhism.
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During the Cultural Revolution, Dùhuán stopped living as a monk, but he put his robes on once again after 1979. In 1981, the Shànghǎi Buddhist Seminary [[上海佛學院]] was re-formed, and Dùhuán taught there. In 1987, he was named abbot of Jìng'ān Temple. He died there in 1988.
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'''References:'''
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Yú Língbō 于凌波, ed. ''Xiàndài fójiào rénwù cídiǎn'' 現代佛教人物辭典 (A Dictionary of Modern Buddhist Persons), 2 vols. (Taipei: Foguang, 2004), 1:747b-748a.
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==References==
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* {{XFRC}} Pp. 1.747b-748a.
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Current revision as of 01:55, 17 July 2010

Dùhuán 度寰 (1905-1988)
Notable Associates:
  • Article editor: Erik Hammerstrom

Dùhuán 度寰 (1905-1988) was a monk, student of esoteric Buddhism, and doctor of Chinese medicine. He was a living link in the Chinese Buddhist tradition through the Cultural Revolution.

Biography

From Ānqìng 安慶 in Ānhuī 安徽 province, Dùhuán was sent by his family to tonsure at age 9. At 17 (1922) he enrolled at the Ānhuī Monastic School 安徽僧學校, where he studied under Chángxǐng 常惺 and Chísōng 持松. In 1925, he went to Mínnán Buddhist Seminary 閩南佛學院. One or two years later, he went to Shànghǎi 上海 to study medicine at the Chinese Medical College 中醫學院, and a year later began practicing medicine at Shèngxiān Temple 聖仙寺. There, he also studied esoteric Buddhism under Chísōng. In 1952, the two of them went to Jìng'ān Temple 靜安寺 when Chísōng became abbot, and together they taught esoteric Buddhism.

During the Cultural Revolution, Dùhuán stopped living as a monk, but he put his robes on once again after 1979. In 1981, the Shànghǎi Buddhist Seminary 上海佛學院 was re-formed, and Dùhuán taught there. In 1987, he was named abbot of Jìng'ān Temple. He died there in 1988.

References

  • Yú Língbō 于凌波, ed. Xiàndài Fójiào rénwù cídiǎn 現代佛教人物辭典 (A Dictionary of Modern Buddhist Persons), 2 vols. Taipei: Foguang, 2004. Pp. 1.747b-748a.
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