Zhanshan si foxue yuan 湛山寺佛學院

The Zhànshān Temple Buddhist Seminary: Zhànshān sì fóxué yuàn 湛山寺佛學院 was a Buddhist seminary 佛學院 run in Qīngdǎo 青島。

• 1936^[1] - 1949
• Location: Zhànshān Temple 湛山寺, Qīngdǎo 青島

Contents 1 History 2 Notable Teachers 3 Notable Students 4 Notes 5 References

History

This seminary was established by Tánxū 倓虛. According to Dōngchū 東初, this temple was a center of Tiāntái 天臺 learning.^[2] Welch says that this seminary had an average student population of 40 students.

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Notable Teachers

• Tánxū 倓虛
• Cízhōu 慈舟

Notable Students

Notes

1. ↑ Welch says that this seminary began in 1935.
2. ↑ 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. P. 2.761.

References

• Welch, Holmes. The Buddhist Revival in China. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1968. P. 286.
• 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. 1.800a-803b. (Entry for Tánxū 倓虛)