Welch Project

The Welch Project is currently a companion page to Holmes Welch's The Buddhist Revival in China. Below is a list of the chapter and section headings of that work. One of the first steps of this project is to list the articles in the DMCB that cover the material discussed on the pages listed.

It is our goal that this project will eventually expand upon Welch's work in order to further our understanding of Chinese Buddhism in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, as well as to honor the tremendous work Welch did in broadening that understanding himself.

THE BUDDHIST REVIVAL IN CHINA

Contents 1 Chapter 1. The Beginning's of the Revival 1.1 Yang Wen-hui 1.2 Modern Education for Monks 1.3 Revolutionary Monks 2 Chapter 2. The Struggle For National Leadership 2.1 The Invasion of Chin Shan 2.2 Rival Buddhist Associations 2.3 The Chinese Buddhist Association (Shanghai, 1929) 3 Chapter 3. T'ai-hsü 3.1 World Organizations 3.2 Domestic Organizations 3.3 T'ai-hsü and Science 3.4 T'ai-hsü's Methods 4 Chapter 4. The Lay Buddhist Movement 4.1 Types of Lay Societies 4.2 The Right Faith Society 4.3 The Growing Role of the Laity 5 Chapter 5. Building and Publishing 5.1 Restoration 5.2 New Monasteries 5.3 Publishing 6 Chapter 6. Buddhist Education 6.1 Traditional Education 6.2 Seminaries: Kuan-tsung 6.3 T'ai-hsü's Seminaries 6.4 The T'ien-ning Seminary 6.5 The Level of Education 6.6 The Metaphysical Institute 7 Chapter 7. Social Action by the Sangha 7.1 The Lung-ch'üan Orphanage 7.2 Other Welfare Activities 7.3 The Sangha's Approach to Social Welfare 8 Chapter 8. Sangha and State 8.1 Republican Laws and Their Enforcement 8.2 The Law Versus the Enemies of Buddhism 8.3 Friends in High Places 8.4 Monks in Politics 9 Chapter 9. Foreign Contacts 9.1 Contacts with Japan 9.2 Contacts with Tibet 9.3 Contacts with Theravada Buddhists 9.4 Contacts with Christians 9.5 Christian Converts to Buddhism 9.6 Contacts with Chinese Overseas 10 Chapter 10. Sects and Dissention 10.1 The Esoteric School 10.2 The Antisectarian Trend 10.3 Regional Loyalties 10.4 Divisive Issues 11 Chapter 11. Christian Stereotypes and Buddhist Realities 11.1 Buddhist Realities 11.2 The Growth in Understanding 11.3 Distorting Factors 11.4 Regional Differences 12 Chapter 12. The Meaning of the Revival 12.1 Was it a Revival? 13 Postscript 14 Appendices: 14.1 1. Buddhist Periodicals 14.2 2. Buddhist Seminaries 14.3 3. Monastic Population Figures 14.4 4. Regional Decay

Chapter 1. The Beginning's of the Revival

Yang Wen-hui

• page 2.
  • Yáng Wénhuì 楊文會
• page 4.
  • Jīnlíng Scriptural Press 金陵刻經處)
  • Nanjō Bunyū 南條文雄
  • Timothy Richard 李提摩太
• page 6.
  • Joseph Edkins 艾約瑟
• page 9.
  • Jetavana Hermitage 祇洹精舍
  • Dìxián 諦閑
• page 10.
  • Jiāngběi Scriptural Press 江北刻經處
  • Yìnguāng 印光

Modern Education for Monks

• pages 10-11.
  • Kāng Yǒuwéi 康有為
  • Build Education with Temple Property (Miàochǎn xīngxué 廟產興學)
• pages 12-13.
  • Jìchán 寄禪 ("Eight Fingers")
  • Universal Saṇgha Study Hall (Pǔtōng sēng xuétáng 普通僧學堂); Welch refers to this as the "Seng-li P'u-t'ung Chng-hsüeh"
  • Jiāngsū Saṇgha Normal Study Hall (Jiāngsū sēng shīfàn xuétáng 江蘇僧師範學堂]])
  • Dìxián 諦閑
  • Yuèxiá 月霞
  • Yuányīng 圓瑛
  • Tàixū 太虛
  • Zhìguāng 治光

Revolutionary Monks

• page 15.
  • Tàixū 太虛
  • Huáshān 華山
  • Kāng Yǒuwéi 康有為
  • Tán Sìtóng 譚嗣同
• page 16.
  • Zōngyǎng 宗仰
  • Jīnshān 金山
  • Mrs. Silas Hardoon (Ch. name: Luó Jiālíng 羅迦陵)
• pages 17-18.
  • Canon reprint: Kalaviṇka Hermitage Canon 頻伽精舍校刊大藏經
  • Sū Mànshū 蘇曼殊
• page 19.
  • Tán Sìtóng 譚嗣同
  • Zhāng Tàiyán 章太炎

Chapter 2. The Struggle For National Leadership

• page 26.
  • Chinese Buddhist Association (Zhōngguó Fójiào huì 中國佛教會)
• page 27.
  • Karl Ludvig Reichelt (Ài Xiāngdé 艾香德

The Invasion of Chin Shan

Danao Jinshan 大鬧金山

• page 29.
  • Jìchán 寄禪 ("Eight Fingers")
  • Tàixū 太虛
  • Tiāntóng Temple 天童寺
  • Jīnshān 金山
  • Rénshān 仁山
  • Zhènjiāng 鎮江
• page 30.
  • Jiāngtiān Temple 江天寺

Rival Buddhist Associations

• page 33.
  • Ōuyáng Jiàn 歐陽漸
  • Jinling Scriptural Press 金陵刻經處
  • Jetavana Monastery 祇洹精舍
  • Chinese Buddhist Association (Zhōngguó Fójiào huì 中國佛教會)
• page 34.
  • Xūyún 虛雲
  • Jìchán 寄禪 ("Eight Fingers")
• page 35.
  • Chinese General Buddhist Association (Zhōnghuá Fójiào zǒnghuì 中華佛教總會)
• page 39.
  • Dìxián 諦閑

The Chinese Buddhist Association (Shanghai, 1929)

Chinese Buddhist Association 中國佛教會

• page 40.
  • Yuányīng 圓瑛
• page 43.
  • Rénshān 仁山
  • Wáng Yītíng 王一亭
• page 44.
  • Hǎicháo yīn 海潮音

Chapter 3. T'ai-hsü

Tàixū 太虛

• page 51.
  • The Invasion of Jīnshān 大鬧金山
• page 52.
  • Mount Pǔtuó 普陀山
• page 54.
  • The Awakening Society (Jué shè 覺社; Welch calls this "the Bodhi Society")
  • Wáng Yītíng 王一亭
  • Zhāng Tàiyán 章太炎 (Chang Ping-ling)
  • Juéshè cóngshū 覺社叢書
  • Hǎicháo yīn 海潮音

World Organizations

• page 55.
  • World Buddhist Federation (Shìjiè Fójiào liánhé huì 世界佛教聯合會)
  • Karl Ludvig Reichelt (Ài Xiāngdé 艾香德
• page 56.
  • East Asian Buddhist Conference (Dōngyā fójiào dàhuì 東亞佛教大會)
• page. 62
  • "Library of the World Buddhist Institute" at the World Buddhist Studies Center (Shìjiè Fóxué yuàn 世界佛學苑)
• page 63.
  • Fǎfǎng 法舫

Domestic Organizations

T'ai-hsü and Science

• page 65.
  • Yáng Wénhuì 楊文會

T'ai-hsü's Methods

• page 68.
  • Karl Ludvig Reichelt (Ài Xiāngdé 艾香德
  • Wǔchāng Buddhist Seminary (Wǔchāng Fóxué yuàn 武昌佛學院)
• page 71.
  • Xūyún 虛雲
  • Yìnguāng 印光
  • Dìxián 諦閑
  • Hóngyī 弘一
  • Láiguǒ 來果
  • Tánxū 倓虛

Chapter 4. The Lay Buddhist Movement

Types of Lay Societies

The Right Faith Society

• Zhengxin hui 正信會

The Growing Role of the Laity

Chapter 5. Building and Publishing

Restoration

New Monasteries

Publishing

• Bibliography Publishing Portal

Chapter 6. Buddhist Education

Traditional Education

Seminaries: Kuan-tsung

• Guanzong yanjiu she 觀宗研究社

T'ai-hsü's Seminaries

• Foxue yuan 佛學院

The T'ien-ning Seminary

The Level of Education

The Metaphysical Institute

• Zhina neixue yuan 支那內學院

Chapter 7. Social Action by the Sangha

The Lung-ch'üan Orphanage

Other Welfare Activities

The Sangha's Approach to Social Welfare

Chapter 8. Sangha and State

Republican Laws and Their Enforcement

The Law Versus the Enemies of Buddhism

Friends in High Places

Monks in Politics

Chapter 9. Foreign Contacts

Contacts with Japan

Contacts with Tibet

Contacts with Theravada Buddhists

Contacts with Christians

Christian Converts to Buddhism

Contacts with Chinese Overseas

Chapter 10. Sects and Dissention

The Esoteric School

• Mijiao 密教

The Antisectarian Trend

Regional Loyalties

Divisive Issues

Chapter 11. Christian Stereotypes and Buddhist Realities

Buddhist Realities

The Growth in Understanding

Distorting Factors

Regional Differences

Chapter 12. The Meaning of the Revival

Was it a Revival?

Postscript

Appendices:

1. Buddhist Periodicals

• Periodical Portal

2. Buddhist Seminaries

• Buddhist Seminaries 佛學院

3. Monastic Population Figures

4. Regional Decay