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| - | + | The '''Shànghǎi World Buddhist Lay Association 上海世界佛教居士林''' was active from 1918 to 1922, when it split into two new organizations. | |
* [[1918]] - [[1922]] (when it split into the World Lay Buddhist Association [[世界佛教居士林]] and the Shànghǎi Buddhist Pure Karma Society [[上海佛教淨業社]]) | * [[1918]] - [[1922]] (when it split into the World Lay Buddhist Association [[世界佛教居士林]] and the Shànghǎi Buddhist Pure Karma Society [[上海佛教淨業社]]) | ||
* Location(s): Shànghǎi [[上海]] | * Location(s): Shànghǎi [[上海]] | ||
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| + | == History == | ||
The organization was formed by a group of prominent Shanghainese Buddhists and businessmen in [[1918]]. Owing to a disagreement among its members over the proper purpose of the group, it split in [[1922]] into the World Lay Buddhist Association [[世界佛教居士林]] and the Shànghǎi Buddhist Pure Karma Society [[上海佛教淨業社]]. Even after the split there continued to be a great deal of overlap in the membership of the two groups. | The organization was formed by a group of prominent Shanghainese Buddhists and businessmen in [[1918]]. Owing to a disagreement among its members over the proper purpose of the group, it split in [[1922]] into the World Lay Buddhist Association [[世界佛教居士林]] and the Shànghǎi Buddhist Pure Karma Society [[上海佛教淨業社]]. Even after the split there continued to be a great deal of overlap in the membership of the two groups. | ||
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| - | -- | + | == Notable Members == |
| - | + | * Shěn Xǐngshú [[沈惺叔]] (co-founder) | |
| + | * Wáng Yǔjí [[王與楫]] (co-founder) | ||
* Wáng Yītíng [[王一亭]] (vice-president) | * Wáng Yītíng [[王一亭]] (vice-president) | ||
* Shī Shěngzhī [[施省之]] (president, [[1925]] - 19??) | * Shī Shěngzhī [[施省之]] (president, [[1925]] - 19??) | ||
* Xiǎnyìn [[顯蔭]] | * Xiǎnyìn [[顯蔭]] | ||
| - | + | == Notes == | |
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| - | + | == References == | |
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* Jessup, James Brooks. “The Householder Elite: Buddhist Activism in Shanghai, 1920-1956.” Ph.D. Diss. University of California, Berkeley, 2010. | * Jessup, James Brooks. “The Householder Elite: Buddhist Activism in Shanghai, 1920-1956.” Ph.D. Diss. University of California, Berkeley, 2010. | ||
[[Category:Institution]] | [[Category:Institution]] | ||
The Shànghǎi World Buddhist Lay Association 上海世界佛教居士林 was active from 1918 to 1922, when it split into two new organizations.
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The organization was formed by a group of prominent Shanghainese Buddhists and businessmen in 1918. Owing to a disagreement among its members over the proper purpose of the group, it split in 1922 into the World Lay Buddhist Association 世界佛教居士林 and the Shànghǎi Buddhist Pure Karma Society 上海佛教淨業社. Even after the split there continued to be a great deal of overlap in the membership of the two groups.
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