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Rénshān and Tàixū joined forces and went to Jīinshān together. A conference was held, and the two announced to an audience of two or three-hundred 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, Shuangtíng [[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. | Rénshān and Tàixū joined forces and went to Jīinshān together. A conference was held, and the two announced to an audience of two or three-hundred 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, Shuangtíng [[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 led a group of workmen in storming the new School's headquarters. Ultimately, the former officers were sentenced to prison terms after Rénshān appealed to the authorities. | + | The officers did not back down, and led a group of workmen in storming the new School's headquarters. Ultimately, although the former officers were sentenced to prison terms after Rénshān appealed to the authorities, the school did not materialzie. Tàixū's reputation a reformer was, in large part, made by this incident. The results of which were not good for him. Somewhat disgraced, he retreated from the public scene for a number of years after this. |
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The title of this affair alludes to the 52 chapter of the ''Journey to the West'', which is titled: 悟空大闹金山兜洞 如来暗示主人公 | The title of this affair alludes to the 52 chapter of the ''Journey to the West'', which is titled: 悟空大闹金山兜洞 如来暗示主人公 | ||
In the 1912, Rénshān 仁山 went to Nanjing to petition the government to change Jīinshān Monastery 金山寺 into a modern monastic school. In Nanjing, he met with Tàixū 太虛, who was at tat time trying to set up the Association for the Advancement of Buddhism [[]].
Rénshān and Tàixū joined forces and went to Jīinshān together. A conference was held, and the two announced to an audience of two or three-hundred 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, Shuangtíng 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 led a group of workmen in storming the new School's headquarters. Ultimately, although the former officers were sentenced to prison terms after Rénshān appealed to the authorities, the school did not materialzie. Tàixū's reputation a reformer was, in large part, made by this incident. The results of which were not good for him. Somewhat disgraced, he retreated from the public scene for a number of years after this.
The title of this affair alludes to the 52 chapter of the Journey to the West, which is titled: 悟空大闹金山兜洞 如来暗示主人公
References:
Pittman, Donald. Towards a Modern Chinese Buddhism: Taixu's Reforms. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 74-77.
Welch, Holmes. The Buddhist Revival in China. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1968.