Ren haideng 人海燈

Rén hǎidēng 人海燈 Altar-Lamp of Humanity

Print run: 1933 - 19?? (at least until 1937) Associated Location(s): Shàntóu Buddhist Seminary 汕頭佛教學院; in November 1935 it moved to Tung Lin Kok Yuen (Dōnglián juéyuàn) 東蓮覺苑 in Hong Kong 香港, where it was overseen by Ǎitíng 靄亭; in June 1937, Zhīfēng 芝峰 moved it to Jīnxiān 金仙 Temple in Ningbo 寧波, but it was printed at Xīzhú 西竺 Temple in Shanghai 上海 Associated Person(s): First edited by Dàyǒng 大醒, then by Jìchén 寄塵 and Tōngyì 通一; Zhīfēng became editor in June, 1937 Associated Organization(s):

Rén hǎidēng 人海燈 (Altar-Lamp of Humanity) was a Chinese Buddhist periodical.

It started life in 1933 as an insert for the Xiàmén News 廈門日報, but then the local Buddhist group turned it into an independent magazine the same year. Typical length was between 20 and 40 pages per issue.

Print Run

• MFQ has 28 issues, although the coverage is a little spotty; there are also four issues from 1936-1937 in vols. 140-141
• MFQB has several issues from 1934-1937

Note that volume numbering only begins with Volume 2.

Print Run - Volume 1
Number	Date Published	Reprint Location	Notes
1	December 1, 1933	MFQ 69:177-200	This was a later re-issue
5	February 1, 1934	MFQ 69:201-220
6	February 15, 1934	MFQ 69:221-242
7	March 1, 1934	MFQ 69:243-264
9/10	April 15, 1934	MFQ 69:265-294
13	June 1, 1934	MFQ 69:295-312
18/19/20	August 30, 1934	MFQ 69:313-360	Special Issue on Monastic Youth 僧青年專號
22	October 15, 1934	MFQ 69:361-388	Special Memorial Issue for Jìngxián 追悼靜賢法師專號
24	November 15, 1934	MFQ 69:389-404

Print Run - Volume 2
Number	Date Published	Reprint Location	Notes
1	December 1, 1934	MFQ 69:405-424	End of Year Issue 週年紀念號
2	December 15, 1934	MFQ 69:425-440
3/4	December 15, 1934	MFQ 69:441-472	Special Issue on Critique 批評專號
7	March 1, 1935	MFQ 69:473-488
8	March 15, 1935	MFQ 69:489-504

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Notes

References

• MFQ 205:22