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Taixu
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Also 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

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Total plays
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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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Encyclopedic overview

9 sections
Contents
  • 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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