Huang Chanhua 黃懺華

Huáng Chànhuá 黃懺華 (ca. 1890-1977) is best known for his history of Chinese Buddhism 中國佛教史 published in 1940, based on that of Jiǎng Wéiqiáo 蔣維喬 published in 1929, which was in turn based on 支那仏教史綱 by Sakaino Satoru 境野哲 published in 1907.

Biography

Huáng moved to Nánjīng 南京 with his father and lived there from an early age. He traveled to Japan twice to study, graduating from the law department of Nihon University 日本大学法科 and the philosophy department of Imperial University 帝国大学哲学科.

In 1914 he heard Ōuyáng Jìngwú 歐陽竟無 lecture at the Jinling Scriptural Press 金陵課經處, and by the next year had become his student. Later he studied under Tàixū 太虛.

In 1928 he was invited, along with Xiè Jiàn 謝健, Rénshān 仁山, Táiyuán 台源 and others, to form the executive committee of the Chinese Buddhist Studies Association 中國佛學會 established by Tàixū.

Important Works

• 佛教各宗大意 General Outline of Buddhist Schools, Commercial Press 商務印書館, 1934
• 佛學概論 General Treatise on Buddhism, Commercial Press 商務印書館, 1935
• 中國佛教史 History of Chinese Buddhism, Commercial Press 商務印書館, 1940

Notes

References

• Shì Dōngchū 釋東初. Zhōngguó Fójiào jìndài shǐ 中國佛教近代史 (A History of Early Contemporary Chinese Buddhism), in Dōngchū lǎorén quánjí 東初老人全集 (Complete Collection of Old Man Dongchu), vols. 1-2. Taipei: Dongchu, 1974 Pp. 2.701-702.
• 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. 2.1247a-1249b.
• 蔡宏. "黃懺華著作述評" [1] [2]