Tàixū 太虛 (1890-1947)
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- Lay name 俗名: Lǔ Pèilín 吕沛林
- Dharma name 法名: Wéixīn 唯心
- Pen name 筆名: Bēihuá 悲華[1]
- Born 1/8, 1890 (Guāngxù 光緒 16) in Cháng'ān Town 長安鎮, Hǎiníng county 海寧縣, Zhèjiāng 浙江
- Died 3/17, 1947 (Mínguó 民國 36) at Yùfó Temple 玉佛寺, Shànghǎi 上海
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Notable Associates:
- Fǎfǎng 法舫
- Dàojiē 道階
- Yú Déyuán 虞德元
- Zhāng Huàshēng 張化聲
- Mǎnzhì 滿智
- Zhīfēng 芝峰
- Dàxǐng 大醒
- Táng Dàyuán 唐大圓
- Yáng Wénhuì 楊文會
- Yù Huìguān 玉慧觀
- Chángxǐng 常惺
- Dìxián 諦閑
- Huáng Chànhuá 黃懺華
- Fàn Gǔnóng 范古農
- Yuányīng 圓瑛
- Fúshàn 福善
- Míngshān 茗山
- Shànyīn 善因
- Huìjué 會覺
- Shǐ Yīrú 史一如
- Hán Qīngjìng 韓清淨
- Wáng Yītíng 王一亭
- Kōngyě 空也
- Zōngyǎng 宗仰
- Hú Zǐhù 胡子笏
- Chén Yuánbái 陳元白
- Wáng Sēnfǔ 王森甫
- Táiyuán 台源
- Rénshān 仁山
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- Article editor: Gregory Adam Scott
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Tàixū 太虛 (1890-1947)
Tàixū was one of the most influential and well-known Chinese Buddhist figures of the modern era, a reformer who established seminaries and Buddhist periodicals, such as his long-running Hǎicháo yīn 海潮音.
Biography
Important Works
- Lectures in Buddhism. Paris: Les Amis de Bouddhisme, 1928.
- 佛學的將來 (The Future of Buddhism), 1935.
- 法相唯識學 (Dharmalakṣaṇa and Consciousness-Only), 1938.
- 護國言論集 (Collected Speeches on Protecting the Nation), 1939
- 太虛大師全書 (The Complete Works of Venerable Taixu), 20 Vols., 1956.
- 整頓僧伽制度論 (On Reorganizing the Monastic System), 1958.
Notes
- ↑ Luo Tongbing connects Tàixū to this pen name in a forthcoming volume
References:
- Pittman, Don A. Toward a Modern Chinese Buddhism: Taixu's Reforms. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 2001.
- 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. 2.805-811.
- Shì Tàixū 釋太虛. Tàixū dàshī quánshū 太虛大師全書, 10 vols. Beijing: Zongjiao wenhua chubanshe, 2005.
- Shì Tàixū 釋太虛, ed. Fǎxiàng wéishì xué 法相唯識學. Beijing: Shangwu yinshuguan, 2002. Originally published in Chángshā 長沙, c. 1938.
- 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. 1.95b-97c.