Biography
From Húběi 湖北.
He and others helped Tàixū 太虛 found The Awakening Society 覺社 in Shànghǎi 上海, and he contributed to their periodical Juéshè cóngshū 覺社叢書.
In 1918, he went with his friends Dǒng Mùshū 董慕舒, Lǐ Jǐnzhāng 李錦章 (See Dàyǒng 大勇), and Sūn Dàoxiū 孫道修 to hear Fóyuán 佛源 lecture in Chóngqìng 重慶, which led them all to have faith in Buddhism. Huáng was the eldest of the three three. Three of them tonsured under Yùhuáng 玉皇 at Tiānwáng Temple 天王寺 in Níngbō 寧波. Lǐ became Dàyǒng, Huáng became Dàcí 大慈, and Dǒng became Dàjué 大覺.
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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), 1:45a-b.