Yuèxiá became abbot of Xīngfú Temple in 1917. His dream was to create a Buddhist Seminary, possibly similar to Huáyán University 華嚴大學, which he ran from 1912 to 1916. When Yuèxiá died in Hángzhōu that fall, it fell to Yīngcí to start the school, which he did in 1919.
Welch estimates the school had a typical student body of 40 students.[2]
Notable Teachers
Notable Students
Notes
References:
Welch, Holmes. The Buddhist Revival in China. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1968.
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), 1:754c-757b. (Entry for Chísōng 持松)