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== The Invasion of Jinshan: Dànào Jīnshān<ref>The Chinese name for this affair alludes to the 52nd chapter of the ''Journey to the West'', which is titled: 悟空大鬧金山兜洞 如來暗示主人公 </ref> 大鬧金山 == | == The Invasion of Jinshan: Dànào Jīnshān<ref>The Chinese name for this affair alludes to the 52nd chapter of the ''Journey to the West'', which is titled: 悟空大鬧金山兜洞 如來暗示主人公 </ref> 大鬧金山 == | ||
| - | In January of [[1912]], Rénshān [[仁山]] went to | + | In January of [[1912]], Rénshān [[仁山]] went to Nánjīng [[南京]] to petition the government to change Jīnshān Monastery [[金山寺]] in Zhènjiāng [[鎮江]] into a modern monastic school 僧學堂. In Nánjīng, he met with Tàixū [[太虛]] (with whom he had previously studied) and they bean to work together to set up an Association for the Advancement of Buddhism [[佛教協進會]]. Tàixū was based at Pílú Temple [[毘盧寺]] at this time. |
| - | Rénshān and Tàixū joined forces and went to Jīnshān | + | Rénshān and Tàixū joined forces and went to Jīnshān . There, they stayed at Guānyīn Pavilion 觀音閣 (located at the Jīnshān Monastery), where Rénshān had taken tonsure. A conference was held at the principal monastery on Jīnshan, Jiāngtián Temple [[江天寺]], and the two announced to an audience of two to three-hundred monks and four hundred lay people that they planned to use the Monastery's resources to run the new school. This met with fierce opposition from the officers of the monastery, including the abbot, Qīngshú 青权 and the guest prefect, Shuāngtíng 霜亭. The reformers won, and the next day they began going over the monastery's accounts and drawing up plans for the new school. |
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| + | The officers did not back down, and in mid-February they led a group of workmen in storming the new School's headquarters. Rénshān and others were injured. Although the former officers were sentenced to prison terms after Rénshān appealed to the authorities, the school did not ultimately materialize. Tàixū's reputation as a reformer of Buddhism was however established by this incident. The results of this were not immediately good for his reputation. Somewhat disgraced, he retreated from the public scene for a number of years after this. | ||
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In January of 1912, Rénshān 仁山 went to Nánjīng 南京 to petition the government to change Jīnshān Monastery 金山寺 in Zhènjiāng 鎮江 into a modern monastic school 僧學堂. In Nánjīng, he met with Tàixū 太虛 (with whom he had previously studied) and they bean to work together to set up an Association for the Advancement of Buddhism 佛教協進會. Tàixū was based at Pílú Temple 毘盧寺 at this time.
Rénshān and Tàixū joined forces and went to Jīnshān . There, they stayed at Guānyīn Pavilion 觀音閣 (located at the Jīnshān Monastery), where Rénshān had taken tonsure. A conference was held at the principal monastery on Jīnshan, Jiāngtián Temple 江天寺, and the two announced to an audience of two to three-hundred monks and four hundred lay people that they planned to use the Monastery's resources to run the new school. This met with fierce opposition from the officers of the monastery, including the abbot, Qīngshú 青权 and the guest prefect, Shuāngtíng 霜亭. The reformers won, and the next day they began going over the monastery's accounts and drawing up plans for the new school.
The officers did not back down, and in mid-February they led a group of workmen in storming the new School's headquarters. Rénshān and others were injured. Although the former officers were sentenced to prison terms after Rénshān appealed to the authorities, the school did not ultimately materialize. Tàixū's reputation as a reformer of Buddhism was however established by this incident. The results of this were not immediately good for his reputation. Somewhat disgraced, he retreated from the public scene for a number of years after this.
Erik Hammerstrom
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