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Biography
He received tonsure and ordination at age 16 (1876) under Yàokān 藥龕 at Sānfēng Temple 三峰寺 in Chángrè County. After ordination he studied English, Japanese, and Sanskrit, in addition to poetry, epigraphy, and painting.
In 1881 he received full ordination at Jiāntiān Temple 江天寺 at Jīnshān 金山 in Zhènjiāng 鎮江. At Jiāngtiān Temple he studied under abbot Dàdìng 大定, receiving dharma transmission from him.
In 1892 he accepted the invitation of Luó Jiālíng 羅迦陵 to lecture at his Kalaviṇka Hermitage 頻伽精舍 on Jìng'ān Road in Shànghǎi 上海.
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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), 1:567c-571a.