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== Buddhist Right Faith Society: Fójiào zhèngxìn huì 佛教正信會 == | == Buddhist Right Faith Society: Fójiào zhèngxìn huì 佛教正信會 == | ||
| - | Founded in 1920 by Wáng Sēnpu 王森甫<ref>(''sic'')This is the character as listed in Welch, 384. Other sources simply call him Wáng Sēn.</ref> as the Hànkǒu Buddhist Association 漢口佛教會. It was renamed the Buddhist Right Faith Society 佛教[[正信會]] in 1928. This was primarily a lay society, and Wáng and his successors were followers of Tàixū, and the Society had a reciprocal relationship with the Wuchang Buddhist Seminary [[武昌佛學院]], which sent the Society teachers and monks, and which was financially underwritten by the Society. This Society engaged in a variety of charitable activities, including running a school. | + | Founded in 1920 by Wáng Sēnpu 王森甫<ref>(''sic'')This is the character as listed in Welch, 384. Other sources simply call him Wáng Sēn.</ref> as the Hànkǒu Buddhist Association 漢口佛教會. It was renamed the Buddhist Right Faith Society 佛教[[正信會]] in 1928. This was primarily a lay society, and Wáng and his successors were followers of Tàixū, and the Society had a reciprocal relationship with the Wuchang Buddhist Seminary [[武昌佛學院]], which sent the Society teachers and monks, and which was financially underwritten by the Society. This Society engaged in a variety of charitable activities, including running a school. It also published Right Faith Weekly [[正信周刊]]. |
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| + | In April 1922, the Society launched a Buddhist Studies Institute 佛教講習所, which was headed by Táng Dàyuán [[唐大圓]]. | ||
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Founded in 1920 by Wáng Sēnpu 王森甫[1] as the Hànkǒu Buddhist Association 漢口佛教會. It was renamed the Buddhist Right Faith Society 佛教正信會 in 1928. This was primarily a lay society, and Wáng and his successors were followers of Tàixū, and the Society had a reciprocal relationship with the Wuchang Buddhist Seminary 武昌佛學院, which sent the Society teachers and monks, and which was financially underwritten by the Society. This Society engaged in a variety of charitable activities, including running a school. It also published Right Faith Weekly 正信周刊.
In April 1922, the Society launched a Buddhist Studies Institute 佛教講習所, which was headed by Táng Dàyuán 唐大圓.
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References:
Welch, Holmes. The Buddhist Revival in China. (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1968), 77－81.