Master Zhifeng's experience

Bells and drums, chanting and worshipping Buddha in the temple. After two or three years (about six years of the Republic of China, that is, 19 17 years), the disciples celebrated the 60th birthday of the old mage at Guanzong Temple in Ningbo, asking him to give a warning. Zhifeng was ordained in Guanzong Temple, and stayed in Guanzong Research Association of Guanzong Temple to study. Zhifeng's works are scattered in magazines and periodicals such as Tide Sound, Modern Sangha and Modern Buddhism, but they have not been collected and published. His translations from Japanese, such as Talking after Only Knowing Thirty, and Zen Theory, are very popular.

In the ninth year of the Republic of China (1920), Zhifeng was twenty years old. He studied in Guan Zongshe for three years. He left Guanzong Temple and returned to Wenzhou. He worked as a waiter in Toutuo Temple in Wenzhou, and later he was promoted to a servant. During this period, he reviewed what he had learned in Guanzong Temple and dabbled in basic classics such as Confucius, Mencius, Laozi and Zhuangzi, which benefited his academic ability and encouraged him to study abroad.

In the 12th year of the Republic of China (1923), Hankou Buddhist College opened a Buddhist seminar, which accepted both monks and social youth. Zhifeng went to Hankou to enroll in the graduate school. After graduation, he transferred to Wuchang Buddhist College founded by Master Taixu in September and entered the second grade of a session. The first class originally graduated in three years, but because of the uneven level of students and the difficulty of teaching, the master concentrated the second and third year courses in one year, so the first class graduated in the thirteenth year of the Republic of China1June 924. At that time, Changxing was appointed abbot of Guangxiao Temple in Taixian County. Guangxiao Temple was prolific, which often embarrassed local gentry and scholars. Therefore, he initiated the local people to invite Master Taixu to give lectures in the temple to reconcile local relations. After the Lushan meeting, Zhifeng went to Taixian with Master. Chronology of Master Taixu recorded in July in the 13th year of the Republic of China (1924);

The master arrived at Guangxiao Temple in Taixian with Ji Mountain, Ren Shan, Rangzhi, Shoupei, Chang Xing and Xiang Xian (namely Zhifeng). At that time, the big fool closed it; Vigilance (awakening) begins with seeing the Lord. (July 25th), the master began to talk about Vimalakīrti classics; August 18 was a success.

Zhifeng is responsible for recording the master's lecture. Because of his quick thinking and fluent writing, the recorded manuscript was reviewed by the master, who was deeply satisfied. Since then, many of the master's important academic speeches have been compiled and published by Zhi Feng Lu.

That autumn, Zhifeng returned to Wenzhou, continued to study the teachings of Tiantai Sect in Pujue Temple, read the classics of Faxiang Sect, and often went to the library to read books with new knowledge. In the autumn of 14th year of the Republic of China (1925), he returned to Huguo Temple to give lectures. Later, he set up the "Shanjia Lecture Hall" in the temple, recruited more than 30 young monks, taught general Buddhist courses and Chinese, and trained junior monks for the local area. In the spring of the Republic of China 16 (1927), Master Taixu became the abbot at the invitation of Nanputuo Temple in Xiamen, Fujian, and concurrently served as the dean of Minnan Buddhist College founded by the temple in the Republic of China 14 (1925). The master appointed Hui Ting as the agent of the College Committee, and Hui Jue and Man Zhi as the teachers of the Buddhist College. In the summer, there was a student surge in the Buddhist College, and the hospital affairs were shut down. Hui Ting couldn't solve it, but she preached the precepts with the student representatives (a great praise for the Buddhist leadership task after the founding of New China) and went to Hangzhou to ask the master for instructions. The master sent a letter calling Zhifeng to Xiamen to rectify the Buddhist College, and then Daxing also went to the Buddhist College on the orders of the master. Daxing was appointed as the director of Buddhist affairs and acting dean, Zhifeng was appointed as the director of education, and both of them served as supervisors of Nanputuo Temple. Although Minnan Buddhist College was founded in the Republic of China 14 (1925), it has gradually developed into a well-known Buddhist education institution in China and gained international fame since Zhifeng and Dawen arrived at the college.

Minnan Buddhist College has two classes, Class A and Class B, with 70-80 students from Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui, Hunan, Henan, Shandong, Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan and Taiwan Province provinces. It is the best young monk in China. Zhifeng is a lecturer in the college. He is brilliant and good at explaining. He analyzed the complex Buddhist theory in a simple way by outlining, which made it easy for students to accept. In the last six years before and after his stay in the hospital, he talked about the origin of sects, the history of Indian Buddhism, the theory of consciousness, the theory of taking the Mahayana, the theory of Abidharma's miscellaneous collections, and the Sutra of Understanding the Deep, all of which are based on the theory of consciousness. In the twentieth year of the Republic of China (193 1 year), after graduating from the second phase, a research department was set up in the hospital to give personal guidance. During that period, Minnan Buddhist College was well-known at home and abroad, and became an institution that young monks in China yearned for. This is all called for by Zhifeng with his profound knowledge and smooth eloquence.

In the 19th year of the Republic of China (1930), Yu Deyuan graduated from the second phase of Wuchang Buddhist College and was admitted to Xiamen University. Under the mediation of Yu Deyuan, Minnan Buddhist College invited professors from Xiamen University to take part-time jobs in the course of literature, history and philosophy, and Zhifeng also went to Xiamen University to teach On Cheng Weizhi. During his stay in Xiamen, he and Daxing organized the Modern Sangha Society in March of the 17th year of the Republic of China (1928) and published the bimonthly Modern Sangha. For a time, Zhifeng was the editor of a magazine. Later, modern Sangha was changed to modern Buddhism, and Zhifeng was still the editor. During the 17th and 8th years of the Republic of China (1928, 1928), Buddhism was in great danger. Feng Yuxiang confiscated temple property in Henan and expelled monks; The Ministry of Interior of Nanjing National Government promulgated the Regulations on the Management of Temples, trying to control Buddhism by administrative orders. Dai, a professor at Central University, also launched the "temple-school movement", and the mayor of Nanjing executed the order to demolish the temple statues. All these make bloody and ambitious monks, such as the awakened ones, cry out with the determination that "the head can be broken, the body can be destroyed, and the teaching can't be destroyed", and the modern sangha is the representative of the speech of protecting religion.

The two of them are eager to protect the doctrine and have a boiling passion. They made impassioned remarks with sharp brushstrokes. They called on Buddhists to unite and resist foreign aggression, and also called for internal reform of Buddhism, getting rid of traditional bad habits and cleaning up corrupt monks. Therefore, Modern Sangha published in the eighth edition had a great shock to Buddhism at that time. This magazine has made great contributions in resisting foreign aggression, but it has also offended many stubborn and conservative elders and lay celebrities. The two sentences in modern Sangha: "Pig-headed elders, maggot laymen" are what conservative laymen hate most. At the end of the 21st year of the Republic of China (1932), Master Taixu served as the abbot of Nanputuo Temple for two times, and was removed from the post of abbot and succeeded by Chang Xing. Zhifeng and Daxing, who are in charge of the Buddhist College, have been tired of unnecessary disputes for several years and don't want to stay any longer, so they resigned together with the master. Section 2 1 of Master Taixu's Autobiography gives a brief account of Zhifeng's trip to Buddhist College and the reasons for his resignation:

1927 (Republic of China 16), Fujian Academy returned to Jiangsu with Huiting, and was maintained only by the consciousness of unity of knowledge and action and wisdom. There was a student movement in early summer. Among the monks are Cihang, Tan Xuan, Huiyun, Chuanjie and Yi Tuo. With some radical actions, the source of Nansi people was in danger, so Zhifeng and Daxing were sent to clean up. On the one hand, they were transferred to the hospital, on the other hand, they were quietly sent or heard, so few people stayed in the hospital, so they recruited new students to continue their work. Among the monks studied this semester, there are Shinto, Baoren, Muru, Jiede, Lu Lu badminton, Youxin, Yan Zhi, Zhu Mo, Zhizang, Dunxia, Dechao, Dengci and Puqin. Later, Zhifeng took charge of educational affairs, awakened the principal and stabilized Fujian Academy. He is also an illusion and sent Chen Chen,, and so on. I also worked as a teacher. Monthly magazines such as Modern Sangha, Modern Buddhism and People with Lights are compiled and distributed in the hospital. From the 18th year of the Republic of China (1929) to the 21st year of the Republic of China (1932), I spent my winter vacation in Nanputuo, finishing and enriching Fujian Academy, which became a temporary style of study. Gushan Buddhist College and Lingdong Buddhist College are also on the rise. However, I haven't stayed in Fujian for a long time, and there are occasional conflicts between the college and Daizhu Temple, in which Hui Quan, Cai and Su Huichun are involved. When I returned to Xiamen, it used to be harmonious. In the summer of the 20th year of the Republic of China (193 1 year), Yuan Ying, the land change and sexual desire became one, stirring up a fight, and the rift was extremely deep. In the winter of the 21st year of the Republic of China (1932), Yu Yi was re-elected for six years, but Zhifeng and Daxing didn't want to stay in Minyuan any longer, so it was presumed that Master Chang Xing would be invited to succeed him next spring.

The article above said that the monthly magazine "Light of the Sea" was published in the hospital, which is wrong. Qundeng is a weekly attached to the local newspaper, edited by Zhifeng, which publishes popular Buddhist scriptures and publicizes Buddhism to the society. Of course, after Zhifeng left Xiamen, the publication of People with Lights stopped.