Dixian 諦閑

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Dìxián 諦閑 (1858-1932)

Dìxián was the 43rd patriarch Tiāntái 天台 lineage and wrote and lectured widely during his lifetime.

  • Born 1858, in Huángyán county 黃巖縣, Zhèjiāng 浙江
  • Died July, 1932 (Min2guo2 民國 21) at Guānzōng Temple 觀宗寺, Níngbō 寧波
  • Style name 號: Gǔxū 古虛
  • Lay name 俗名: Zhū Zhuósān 朱卓三

Dìxián was the first principal of the Buddhist Normal School for Monastics 佛教師範僧學校 established in Nánjīng 南京, Jiāngsū 江蘇 in 1910, the first modern school for monks in China.

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