Events
The Editor’s Gaze: Observing Venerable Master Hsing Yun’s Writing Style and Literary World through The Complete Works
5 Oct 2026
10:00 – 12:00
Room 220, Fung King Hey Building, CUHK & ZOOM ID: 964 5779 7423, Password: 999999
Director Meng-Hua Tsai (Deputy Director of the Fo Guang Shan Institute of Humanistic Buddhism)
Meng-Hua Tsai is a senior Buddhist publisher who currently serves as the Deputy Director of the Fo Guang Shan Institute of Humanistic Buddhism and the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Humanistic Buddhism: Art and Literature.She took refuge under Venerable Master Hsing Yun at the age of 13. She graduated from the Fo Guang Shan Tsung Lin University and pursued further studies at the Graduate Institute of Literature at Fo Guang University.
cshb@cuhk.edu.hk, 3943 0646
Spanning 395 volumes and over 40 million words, The Complete Works of Venerable Master Hsing Yun serves not only as a contemporary encyclopedia of Humanistic Buddhism but also as the most critical archival treasure trove for studying the Master’s literary world.
Opening from the unique perspective of the Editor-in-Chief of The Complete Works, this lecture moves beyond traditional academic theories. Instead, it begins with the most micro-level and frontline practices of compilation, inviting the audience to return to the historical scenes of the Master’s creations and enter his original intent.
Through the processes of collection and collation, the editor was able to traverse time and space, observing the Master’s writing style “at close range”—from his youthful poetry and novels to his oral dictations and essays in his later years. This lecture will share the speaker’s personal experience of closely serving the Master. By examining subtle details in his writing, the lecture reads the breath and compassionate expressions behind the words, opening up a warm and profound new horizon for the study of Humanistic Buddhism literature.
Language: Mandarin
