Yinguang 印光

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* Courtesy name 字: Zǐrèn 子任 (used only in lay life?)
* Courtesy name 字: Zǐrèn 子任 (used only in lay life?)
* Lay name 俗名: Zhào Shàoyī 趙紹伊
* Lay name 俗名: Zhào Shàoyī 趙紹伊
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|birth=12/12, [[1861]] (Xiánfēng 咸豐 11) Héyáng county 郃陽縣 (now written 合陽) in Shǎnxī 陜西
|birth=12/12, [[1861]] (Xiánfēng 咸豐 11) Héyáng county 郃陽縣 (now written 合陽) in Shǎnxī 陜西
|death=11/4, [[1940]] (Mínguó 民國 29) at Língyánshān Temple 靈巖山寺, Sūzhōu 蘇州
|death=11/4, [[1940]] (Mínguó 民國 29) at Língyánshān Temple 靈巖山寺, Sūzhōu 蘇州

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Yìnguāng 印光 (1861-1940)
Yìnguāng
  • Style name 號: Cháng cánkuì sēng 常慚愧僧
  • Dharma name 法名: Shèngliàng 聖量
  • Courtesy name 字: Zǐrèn 子任 (used only in lay life?)
  • Lay name 俗名: Zhào Shàoyī 趙紹伊
  • Born 12/12, 1861 (Xiánfēng 咸豐 11) Héyáng county 郃陽縣 (now written 合陽) in Shǎnxī 陜西
  • Died 11/4, 1940 (Mínguó 民國 29) at Língyánshān Temple 靈巖山寺, Sūzhōu 蘇州
Notable Associates:
  • Article editor: Gregory Adam Scott

Yìnguāng 印光 (1861-1940)

Yìnguāng is credited with reviving the Pure Land school 淨土宗 in China.

Biography


Important Works

  • 文鈔
  • 印光法師信稿
  • 印光法師文鈔
  • 印光法師文鈔續編
    • Many of Yìnguāng's works can be found online here.

Notes



References:

  • Shì Dōngchū 釋東初. Zhōngguó Fójiào jìndài shǐ 中國佛教近代史 (A History of Early Contemporary Chinese Buddhism), in Dōngchū lǎorén quánjí 東初老人全集 (Complete Collection of Old Man Dongchu), vols. 1-2. Taipei: Dongchu, 1974 Pp. 2.761-765.
  • 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. 1.284c-288b.
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