Taixu
Sign in to saveAlso known as Lǚ Pèilín, T'ai Hsü, Tàixū, Shi Taixu
Taixu (Tai-hsu, ; January 8, 1890 – March 17, 1947), also called Shi Taixu, was a Buddhist modernist, activist and thinker who advocated for a reformation and revival of Chinese Buddhism by drawing upon eclectic domestic and foreign sources and ideologies.
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1889
- Died
- 1947
- Works
- 45
Top works
- 佛說十善業道經講要, 坿 戴季陶講 佛教信徒報恩弘法要從尋常的十善道做起
- 佛乘宗要論
- 楞伽經義記
- 大乘與人間兩般文化
- 人生佛教
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- Listeners
- 7
- Total plays
- 9
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Key facts
- Religious biography.background
- FFD068
- Religious biography.honorific suffix
- Shi Taixu
- Religious biography.native_name
- 釋太虛
- Religious biography.native_name_lang
- zh
- Religious biography.image
- Taixu3.jpg
- Religious biography.caption
- Photo of Taixu from a book published in 1933
- Religious biography.birth_name
- Lǚ Pèilín or Lǚ Gànsēn
- Religious biography.dharma name
- Weixin
- Religious biography.birth_place
- Haining County, Zhejiang, Qing China
- Religious biography.death_place
- Shanghai, China
- Religious biography.nationality
- Chinese
- Religious biography.religion
- Humanistic Buddhism
- Religious biography.school
- Mahayana
- Religious biography.students
- Yinshun
- Chinese.child
- yes
- Chinese.p
- Shì Tàixū
- Chinese.altname
- Birth name
- Chinese.s2
- or
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Lü
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- China
- Place of birth
- Haining
- Place of death
- Shanghai
- Occupation
- writer
- Languages spoken
- Chinese
- Religion
- Buddhism
- Image
- Taixu Standing.jpeg
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- date of birth
- 1890-01-08
- date of death
- 1947-03-17
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- Taixu
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Encyclopedic overview
9 sectionsContents
- Biography
- Buddhist Modernism
- Contacts with Christianity
- Survey of Writings
- See also
- References
- Sources
- Further reading
- External links
Taixu (Tai-hsu, ; January 8, 1890 – March 17, 1947), also called Shi Taixu, was a Buddhist modernist, activist and thinker who advocated for a reformation and revival of Chinese Buddhism by drawing upon eclectic domestic and foreign sources and ideologies.
== Biography == thumb|Taixu wearing his traditional Kasaya (clothing)|kāṣāya robes.
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