Jiangsu seng shifan xuetang 江蘇僧師範學堂

The Jiāngsū Saṇgha Normal Study Hall (Jiāngsū sēng shīfàn xuétáng 江蘇僧師範學堂 ) was a pre-Republican Buddhist seminary 佛學院.

Contents 1 History 2 Notable Teachers 3 Notable Students 4 Notes 5 References

History

• 1909 to October 1911
• Location(s): Tripiṭaka Hall 三藏殿, Nánjīng 南京

After the Universal Saṇgha Study Hall 普通僧學堂 at Tiānníng Temple 天寧寺 in Yángzhōu 揚州 closed, Buddhists in Zhèjiāng 浙江 and Jiāngsū 江蘇 got together to form this new monastic school. The school was run by the Jiāngsū Monastic Education Association 江蘇僧教育會. It was first headed by Yuèxiá 月霞, but when he left Dìxián 諦閑 took charge. The school shut down after the outbreak of the 1911 Revolution.

Section Editor: Erik Hammerstrom

Notable Teachers

• Dìxián 諦閑
• Pǔcháng 溥常
• Yuèxiá 月霞

Notable Students

• Guāntóng 觀同
• Huìmǐn 惠敏
• Kāiwù 開悟
• Rénshān 仁山
• Tàixū 太虛
• Zhìguāng 智光

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. 1.80.