Daoan 道安

Dàoān 道安 (1907-1977)

Lay Surname 俗姓: Fù 傅 Born 11/17, Guāngxù 光緒 33 (1907) in Qíyáng county 祈陽縣, Húnán 湖南 Died 1977 in Táiwān 臺灣

Notable Associates: Cíháng 慈航 Shànyīn 善因

Dàoān 道安 (1907-1977) was a teacher and author who came to Táiwān 臺灣 in 1953 to teach at the Mílè Seminary 彌勒內院 established by Cíháng 慈航 in Xìzhǐ 汐止.

Biography

Dàoān was born into a farming family that had only recently started to engage in mercantile business. He received an education from a private school (sīshú 私塾) and it is said that he first turned toward Buddhism as a result of reading The Story of Shakyamuni 釋迦傳 and Discourse on Protecting the Dharma 護法論 by Zhāng Shāngyīng 張商應 (1043-1121).^[1] At the age of 19 he took tonsure at Fóguó Temple 佛國寺 in Héngyáng 衡陽 and later took the full precepts. He underwent Chán practice and studied under many teachers, including Chángwù 常悟, Chánjìng 禪靜, Língtāo 靈濤 and Shànyīn 善因. During the Second Sino-Japanese War, he helped organize a monastic first aid squad 僧侶救護隊.^[2] In 1940 he helped establish the periodical Lion's Roar Monthly 獅子吼月刊.

In 1953 Dàoān came to Táiwān where he began teaching and leading practice at the Mílè Seminary 彌勒內院 established by Cíháng 慈航 in Xìzhǐ 汐止. He later reestablished Sōngshān Temple 松山寺, founded a junior high school, and wrote and published widely.

Important Works

• 二力室文集 (Collected Writings from the Two Powers Studio), 1959
  • Reprinted in Extant Works, below, 1980
• 中華民國六十年來的佛教論文目錄 ("Index of Articles on Buddhism since 1970"), 1975
• 中共對宗教的迫害 (The Harm done to Religion by the Chinese Communists), 1975
• 中國大藏經雕刻史話 (Discourse on the History of Carving Woodblocks of the Chinese Buddhist Canon), 1976
  • Reprinted by Zhōnghuá dàdiǎn biānyìn huì yìnháng 中華大典編印會印行, 1978
• 中國大藏經翻譯刻印史 (History of the Translation and Printing of the Chinese Buddhist Canon), 1976
  • Reprinted by Zhōnghuá dàdiǎn biānyìn huì yìnháng 中華大典編印會印行, 1978
• 道安法師遺集 (Extant Works of Master Dàoān). Sōngshān Temple 松山寺, 1980.
• 中國佛教通史 (General History of Chinese Buddhism)
• 學佛手冊 (Buddhist Studies Handbook)
• 中觀史論及其哲學 (Discourse on the History and Philosophy of the "Contemplation of the Middle Way")
• 現代佛教學術叢刊 (Modern Buddhist Scholarship Collectanea)

Notes

1. ↑ See the Fo Kuang Dictionary, p. 4544.
2. ↑ See Yu Xue, "Buddhism, War, and Nationalism: Chinese Monks in the Struggle Against Japan 1931-1945" Ph.D. Diss., 2004, pp. 235-267.

References

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• Fokuang Dictionary 佛光大辭典, p. 5625