Dìxián was the 43rd patriarch of the Tiāntái 天台 lineage and wrote and lectured widely during his lifetime.
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.
In 1911 he went to Béijīng 北京 to spread the dharma among the elite, and worked to counter the Temple-Schools Movement 廟產興學運動, protect temple property and teach young novices.
In 1919 he established the Guanzong School 觀宗學舍 and the Guanzong Research Society 觀宗研究社 at the Guānzōng Temple 觀宗寺 in Níngbō.
He died on 7/2 of 1932, passing control of the Guānzōng Temple to Bǎojìng 寶靜.
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