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| - | He too tonsure and ordained at age 12 at Hǎiyìn Temple in Níngxiāng 寧鄉. In [[1921]] he entered the Hunan Buddhist Training Institute 湖南佛學講習所 at Kāifú Temple 開福寺 in Changsha， where he studied under Kōngye [[空也]]. | + | He too tonsure and ordained at age 12 at Hǎiyìn Temple 海印寺 in Níngxiāng 寧鄉. In [[1921]] he entered the Hunan Buddhist Training Institute 湖南佛學講習所 at Kāifú Temple 開福寺 in Changsha， where he studied under Kōngye [[空也]]. |
| - | In [[1922]], Huìjué enrolled in the first class of the Wuchang Buddhist Seminary [[武昌佛學院]], and graduated in [[1924]]. He became one of Tàixū's [[太虛]] four main disciples, along with Dàxǐng [[大醒]], Zhifēng [[芝峰]], and Fǎzūn [[法尊]]. When Tàixū passed away in 1947, it fell to Huìjué | + | In [[1922]], Huìjué enrolled in the first class of the Wuchang Buddhist Seminary [[武昌佛學院]], and graduated in [[1924]]. He became one of Tàixū's [[太虛]] four main disciples, along with Dàxǐng [[大醒]], Zhifēng [[芝峰]], and Fǎzūn [[法尊]]. When Tàixū passed away in 1947, it fell to Huìjué to offere incense on behalf of all of Tàixū's disciples. |
| - | In [[1925]], he participated in an English training camp on Lúshān 廬山. That same year, starting with volume 6, number 9, Huìjué began editing the ''Hǎicháo yīn'' [[海潮音]] at Lúshān. | + | In the summer of [[1925]], he participated in an English training camp on Lúshān 廬山. That same year, starting with volume 6, number 9, Huìjué began editing the ''Hǎicháo yīn'' [[海潮音]] at Lúshān. |
In [[1927]], he and Mǎnzhì [[滿智]] went to run the newly established Minnan Buddhist Seminary [[閩南佛學院]]. In [[1933] he began teaching at the Research Division of the Seminary, where he specialized in the ''Chéng wéishì lùn'' 成唯識論, but due to poor health, he was only able to teach part-time. | In [[1927]], he and Mǎnzhì [[滿智]] went to run the newly established Minnan Buddhist Seminary [[閩南佛學院]]. In [[1933] he began teaching at the Research Division of the Seminary, where he specialized in the ''Chéng wéishì lùn'' 成唯識論, but due to poor health, he was only able to teach part-time. | ||
One of Tàixū's leading disciples, and a teacher of monks.
Biography:
He too tonsure and ordained at age 12 at Hǎiyìn Temple 海印寺 in Níngxiāng 寧鄉. In 1921 he entered the Hunan Buddhist Training Institute 湖南佛學講習所 at Kāifú Temple 開福寺 in Changsha， where he studied under Kōngye 空也.
In 1922, Huìjué enrolled in the first class of the Wuchang Buddhist Seminary 武昌佛學院, and graduated in 1924. He became one of Tàixū's 太虛 four main disciples, along with Dàxǐng 大醒, Zhifēng 芝峰, and Fǎzūn 法尊. When Tàixū passed away in 1947, it fell to Huìjué to offere incense on behalf of all of Tàixū's disciples.
In the summer of 1925, he participated in an English training camp on Lúshān 廬山. That same year, starting with volume 6, number 9, Huìjué began editing the Hǎicháo yīn 海潮音 at Lúshān.
In 1927, he and Mǎnzhì 滿智 went to run the newly established Minnan Buddhist Seminary 閩南佛學院. In [[1933] he began teaching at the Research Division of the Seminary, where he specialized in the Chéng wéishì lùn 成唯識論, but due to poor health, he was only able to teach part-time.
During the Second Sino-Japanese War, Juébīn 覺斌, abbot of Nán pǔtuó Temple 南普陀寺 passed away and Huìjué served as abbot for the remainder of the War.
From 1946 to the fall of 1948 he served as principal at the Wǔlín Buddhist Seminary 武林佛學院, which was housed at Língfēng Temple 靈峰寺 in Hángzhōu 杭州.
In 1962, Huìjué returned to Kāifú Temple and stayed for several months as a guest. He died in Xiàmen 廈門 in 1971.
References:
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), 2:1308a-1309a.