1928

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1928 in the Western calendar is roughly equivalent to:

• Traditional Calendar: wùchén 戊辰, starting on January 22
• Traditional Buddhist Year: 2472
• Current Standard Buddhist Year: 1989
• Mínguó 民國 17
• Shōwa 昭和 3

Buddhist Events

• Dàojiē 道階 travels to Burma and India, where he makes a vow to build a Chinese temple at Bodhgaya
• Dàxǐng 大醒 begins publishing Xiàndài sēngqié 現代僧伽 (Modern Sangha) at the Minnan Buddhist Seminary 閩南佛學院
• The Guānzōng Research Society 觀宗研究社 begins publishing the Periodical of the Dharma Propagation Society 弘法社刊
• Zhúlín Buddhist Seminary 竹林佛學院 opens at Zhúlín Temple 竹林寺, Zhènjiāng 鎮江
• Inner Studies 內學 ceases publication

Political Events

• June 4: Assassination of Zhāng Zuòlín 張作霖 by Japanese Kantōgun 関東軍 forces outside of Shěnyáng 瀋陽
• December 29: Zhāng Xuéliáng 張學良 in Manchuria accepts Nationalist rule
• December 31: Zhāng appointed as commander of Northeast Army, formal reunification of China