Shi Shengzhi 施省之

Shī Shěngzhī 施省之 (1865-1945)

Short bio.

• Born 1865 (Tóngzhì 同治 4) in Qiántáng County 錢塘縣, Zhèjiāng 浙江.
• Died 1945 in Shànghǎi 上海
• Name 名: Zhàozēng 肇曾
• Style name 號:
• Courtesy name 字:
• Dharma name 法名: Zhìzhào 智照

Biography

Shī was from a family of longstanding importance in his hometown. In 1893 (Guāngxù 光緒 19), he began working for the diplomatic corps, and was stationed at the Chinese embassy in Washington D.C. He worked in D.C. for three years before being transferred to the embassy in New York City. The following year (1897), he returned to China.

After his return, he held a number of government posts, including ones at iron mines in Hànyáng 漢陽, and at the offices of the Beijing-Wuhan, Shanghai-Wuhan, and Shanghai-Hangzhou Railway Lines. He continued working for various railways, running several major railways after 1911.

In his middle age, Shī took refuge under Yìnguāng 印光. He practiced Pure Land Buddhism, and was heavily involved with lay Buddhism in Shanghai.

Important Works

Notable Students

Notes

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. 758b-759c.