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* Ōuyáng Jiàn [[歐陽漸]] | * Ōuyáng Jiàn [[歐陽漸]] | ||
* Tàixū [[太虛]] | * Tàixū [[太虛]] | ||
+ | * Tán Sìtóng [[譚嗣同]] | ||
* Timothy Richard [[李提摩太]] | * Timothy Richard [[李提摩太]] | ||
* Zhāng Tàiyán [[章太炎]] | * Zhāng Tàiyán [[章太炎]] | ||
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- | '''Yáng Wénhuì 楊文會 (1837-1911)''' | + | '''Yáng Wénhuì 楊文會 (1837-1911)''' was a publisher and educator who established the Jīnlíng Scriptural Press [[金陵刻經處]] in Nánjīng [[南京]]. He is often referred to as the progenitor of the modern Buddhist revival in China. |
- | ==Biography== | + | == Biography == |
Yáng was born into an gentry family. His father, Yáng Pǔ'ān 楊樸庵 had attained the ''jìnshì'' 進士 degree in the same year as the eminent official and military leader Zēng Guófān 曾國番. Displaced in Hángzhōu [[杭州]] by the Taiping Rebellion in the early [[1860s]], Yáng chanced upon a copy of ''The Awakening of Faith in the Mahayana'' [[大乘起信論]] in a bookstore, and from that time on he had a deepening engagement with Buddhist texts. | Yáng was born into an gentry family. His father, Yáng Pǔ'ān 楊樸庵 had attained the ''jìnshì'' 進士 degree in the same year as the eminent official and military leader Zēng Guófān 曾國番. Displaced in Hángzhōu [[杭州]] by the Taiping Rebellion in the early [[1860s]], Yáng chanced upon a copy of ''The Awakening of Faith in the Mahayana'' [[大乘起信論]] in a bookstore, and from that time on he had a deepening engagement with Buddhist texts. | ||
- | Yáng founded the | + | Yáng founded the Jīnlíng Scriptural Press [[金陵刻經處]] in Nánjīng [[南京]] in [[1866]] to reprint Buddhist sūtras. In [[1878]] he left China to visit England and France with the mission of Zēng Jìzé 曾紀澤, bringing back several scientific instruments that he donated to researchers in China. During another trip to England in [[1886]] he met the Japanese Buddhist Nanjō Bunyū [[南条文雄]] and started a correspondence with him. With Nanjō's help, Yáng was able to import over 300 Buddhist scriptures from Japan that had been lost within China. In [[1894]] he worked with the British missionary Timothy Richard [[李提摩太]] to translate ''The Awakening of Faith in the Mahayana'' into English. |
In [[1908]] he opened the Jetavana Monastery [[祇洹精舍]]<ref>Perhaps named after the Jetavana Anāthapiṇḍada-ārāma monastery, the first permanent Buddhist institution in India. See Digital Dictionary of Buddhism, "祇園精舍". Location of the monastery [http://authority.ddbc.edu.tw/place/googleMap.php?name=%E7%A5%87%E6%A8%B9%E7%B5%A6%E5%AD%A4%E7%8D%A8%E5%9C%92&y=27.51011&x=82.03973].</ref> to educate lay and ordained Buddhists, but the school closed after only two years because of a lack of funding. Both Tàixū [[太虛]] and Ōuyáng Jìan [[歐陽漸]] attended classes there, Dìxián [[諦閑]] lectured on Tiāntái 天台, and the poet-monk Sū Mànshū [[蘇曼殊]] taught English. In [[1910]] Yáng founded the Buddhist Research Society [[佛學研究會]] and served as its head. | In [[1908]] he opened the Jetavana Monastery [[祇洹精舍]]<ref>Perhaps named after the Jetavana Anāthapiṇḍada-ārāma monastery, the first permanent Buddhist institution in India. See Digital Dictionary of Buddhism, "祇園精舍". Location of the monastery [http://authority.ddbc.edu.tw/place/googleMap.php?name=%E7%A5%87%E6%A8%B9%E7%B5%A6%E5%AD%A4%E7%8D%A8%E5%9C%92&y=27.51011&x=82.03973].</ref> to educate lay and ordained Buddhists, but the school closed after only two years because of a lack of funding. Both Tàixū [[太虛]] and Ōuyáng Jìan [[歐陽漸]] attended classes there, Dìxián [[諦閑]] lectured on Tiāntái 天台, and the poet-monk Sū Mànshū [[蘇曼殊]] taught English. In [[1910]] Yáng founded the Buddhist Research Society [[佛學研究會]] and served as its head. | ||
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The grounds of the press would later house the Chinese Inner Studies College (Zhīnà nèixué yuàn [[支那內學院]]) founded by Ōuyáng Jìan and Lǚ Chéng [[呂澂]] in [[1922]]. | The grounds of the press would later house the Chinese Inner Studies College (Zhīnà nèixué yuàn [[支那內學院]]) founded by Ōuyáng Jìan and Lǚ Chéng [[呂澂]] in [[1922]]. | ||
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* 大宗地玄文本論略註 | * 大宗地玄文本論略註 | ||
- | * 佛教初學課本 | + | * ''Fójiào chūxué kèběn'' 佛教初學課本 (Primer of Buddhism for Beginning Students), [[1906]] |
- | * 十宗略說 | + | * ''Shízōng lüèshuō'' 十宗略說 (Brief Outline of the Ten Schools) |
* 觀無量壽佛經略論 | * 觀無量壽佛經略論 | ||
- | ==Notes== | + | == Notes == |
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* Liú Chéngyǒu 劉成有. ''Jìnxiàndài jūshì fóxué yánjiù'' 近現代居士佛學研究. Chéngdū: Bāshǔ shūshè, 2002. Pp. 51-107. | * Liú Chéngyǒu 劉成有. ''Jìnxiàndài jūshì fóxué yánjiù'' 近現代居士佛學研究. Chéngdū: Bāshǔ shūshè, 2002. Pp. 51-107. | ||
* {{ZJFRZ}} pp. 297-321. | * {{ZJFRZ}} pp. 297-321. | ||
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* Yáng Wénhuì 楊文會. ''Yáng Rénshān quánjí'' 楊仁山全集. Hefei: Huangshan shushe, 2000. | * Yáng Wénhuì 楊文會. ''Yáng Rénshān quánjí'' 楊仁山全集. Hefei: Huangshan shushe, 2000. | ||
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Yáng Wénhuì 楊文會 (1837-1911) was a publisher and educator who established the Jīnlíng Scriptural Press 金陵刻經處 in Nánjīng 南京. He is often referred to as the progenitor of the modern Buddhist revival in China.
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Yáng was born into an gentry family. His father, Yáng Pǔ'ān 楊樸庵 had attained the jìnshì 進士 degree in the same year as the eminent official and military leader Zēng Guófān 曾國番. Displaced in Hángzhōu 杭州 by the Taiping Rebellion in the early 1860s, Yáng chanced upon a copy of The Awakening of Faith in the Mahayana 大乘起信論 in a bookstore, and from that time on he had a deepening engagement with Buddhist texts.
Yáng founded the Jīnlíng Scriptural Press 金陵刻經處 in Nánjīng 南京 in 1866 to reprint Buddhist sūtras. In 1878 he left China to visit England and France with the mission of Zēng Jìzé 曾紀澤, bringing back several scientific instruments that he donated to researchers in China. During another trip to England in 1886 he met the Japanese Buddhist Nanjō Bunyū 南条文雄 and started a correspondence with him. With Nanjō's help, Yáng was able to import over 300 Buddhist scriptures from Japan that had been lost within China. In 1894 he worked with the British missionary Timothy Richard 李提摩太 to translate The Awakening of Faith in the Mahayana into English.
In 1908 he opened the Jetavana Monastery 祇洹精舍[1] to educate lay and ordained Buddhists, but the school closed after only two years because of a lack of funding. Both Tàixū 太虛 and Ōuyáng Jìan 歐陽漸 attended classes there, Dìxián 諦閑 lectured on Tiāntái 天台, and the poet-monk Sū Mànshū 蘇曼殊 taught English. In 1910 Yáng founded the Buddhist Research Society 佛學研究會 and served as its head.
The grounds of the press would later house the Chinese Inner Studies College (Zhīnà nèixué yuàn 支那內學院) founded by Ōuyáng Jìan and Lǚ Chéng 呂澂 in 1922.
Cited in the DDBC Person Authority Database 人名規範檢索