Mingshan 茗山

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Míngshān 茗山 (1914-2001)
Míngshān
  • Lay surname 姓: Qián 錢
  • Name 名: Yánlíng 延齡
  • Born 1914 (Mínguo 民國 3) in Yánchéng County 鹽城縣, Jiāngsū 江蘇
  • Died at 6 p.m. on June 1, 2001 at Guǎngcí Hospital 廣慈醫院, Shànghǎi 上海
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Biography

Míngshān was ordained in 1934 and tested into the Jiāoshān Buddhist Seminary 焦山佛學院.

He became a disciple of Tàixū 太虛 and was a student at the World Buddhist Institute 世界佛學苑 in Wuchang under Fǎfǎng 法舫.

In 1947, Tàixū invited him to head the Jiāoshan Buddhist Seminary.

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. Pp. 1.905a-906c.
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