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Venerable Master Hsing Yun’s Early Situation in Taiwan and His Adaptations
5 Oct 2026
14:30 – 16:30
Room 220, Fung King Hey Building, CUHK & ZOOM ID: 964 5779 7423, Password: 999999
Prof, Lee, Jui-Teng (Professor Emeritus, Department of Chinese Literature, National Central University)
Prof, Lee, Jui-Teng previously served as Professor and Chair of the Department of Chinese Literature, Library Director, and Dean of the College of Liberal Arts at National Central University (NCU), as well as Director of the National Museum of Taiwan Literature (NMTL). He is currently a Professor Emeritus in the Department of Chinese Literature at National Central University. He also serves as the Chairperson of the Steering Committee for the Hsing Yun Global Award for Chinese Literature and Chairperson of the Academic Development Committee for the Fo Guang Shan Buddha Museum.
cshb@cuhk.edu.hk, 3943 0646
In the spring of 1949, Venerable Master Hsing Yun arrived in Taiwan leading the Buddhist Sangha Rescue Team. He initially traveled to Tainan, and later ventured north to Taichung and Taipei. Displaced, wandering, and finding no monastic shelter to lodge, he eventually settled at Yuanuang Temple in Zhongli, marking the beginning of his initial grueling years in Taiwan. During this turbulent period, he was arrested and detained, enduring 23 days of imprisonment.Later, he went to Fayun Temple in Miaoli to guard the mountain forests, and subsequently assisted with the Taiwan Youth Buddhist Seminar at Lingyin Temple in Hsinchu. It was also during this time that he began writing and participating in the editing of Buddhist periodicals, accumulation the cultural capital required for his next stage of Dharma propagation in Yilan. Given such severe and perilous circumstances, how did the young Venerable Master Hsing Yun adapt and respond?
Language: Mandarin
