A Buddhist seminary 佛學院 located in Níngbō 寧波 that ran under various names in from 1918 to 1939.
Established in 1918 at Guānzōng Temple 觀宗寺 by Dìxián 諦閑. It was also known as the Guānzōng Study Society 觀宗學社. Dìxián was the head of this school and one of the main instructors there until his death in 1932. The curriculum of the standard three-year course initially focused exclusively on the study of Buddhist scripture. The first class of students included Tàixū 太虛, Rénshān 仁山, Chángxǐng 常惺, and Bǎojìng 寶靜. When they completed their studies in 1921, the Society disbanded. Bǎojìng requested that Dìxián allow the Society to become a full-fledged school. The name was changed and after that point it was known as either the Dharma Propagation Research Society 弘法研究社, or the Dharma Propagation Academy 弘法學院. Bǎojìng oversaw the school from 1921-1923.
The Society began publishing its own journal in 1928, called the Periodical of the Dharma Propagation Society 弘法社刊. It was published there until 1932.
Monks began studying traditional Chinese literature and other subjects from 1929.
Other Notable graduates
References:
Welch, Holmes. The Buddhist Revival in China. (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1968), 108-110.