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Fuqing Huangboshan Wanfu Temple (福清黄檗山万福寺) Tang, Rouying

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Wanfu Temple (萬福寺) is a Buddhist temple in Mt. Huangboshan黄檗山, Fuqing 福清, Fujian Province 福建, China. The temple was rebuilt in 2019. The temple is believed to be established by Master Zhenggan (正幹禪師). It is where Huangbo Xiyun (黃檗希運) (d. 850) was ordained in 848 and received his dharma name. During the region of Ming Emperor Shenzhong (明神宗) (r.1572-1619), the grand chancellor Ye Xianggao (葉向高) (1559-1627) supported Monk Zhongtian Zhengyuan 中天正圓 (1537–1610) petition requesting a complete set of Chinese Tripiṭaka from the Emperor. In 1630, Miyun Yuanwu (密雲圓悟) (1566-1642) became its abbot. His dharma heir Yinyuan Longqi (Jp. Ingen Ryūki) 隠元隆琦 (1592-1673), the abbot of Wanfu Temple, traveled to Japan and established the Ōbaku school (黃檗宗) and Manpukuji (萬福寺) in Kyoto.

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Title
Fuqing Huangboshan Wanfu Temple (福清黄檗山万福寺)
Creator
Tang, Rouying
Contributor
From the Ground Up: Buddhism & East Asian Religions (FROGBEAR Project)
Date Issued
2023-07-15
Description
Wanfu Temple (萬福寺) is a Buddhist temple in Mt. Huangboshan黄檗山, Fuqing 福清, Fujian Province 福建, China. The temple was rebuilt in 2019. The temple is believed to be established by Master Zhenggan (正幹禪師). It is where Huangbo Xiyun (黃檗希運) (d. 850) was ordained in 848 and received his dharma name. During the region of Ming Emperor Shenzhong (明神宗) (r.1572-1619), the grand chancellor Ye Xianggao (葉向高) (1559-1627) supported Monk Zhongtian Zhengyuan 中天正圓 (1537–1610) petition requesting a complete set of Chinese Tripiṭaka from the Emperor. In 1630, Miyun Yuanwu (密雲圓悟) (1566-1642) became its abbot. His dharma heir Yinyuan Longqi (Jp. Ingen Ryūki) 隠元隆琦 (1592-1673), the abbot of Wanfu Temple, traveled to Japan and established the Ōbaku school (黃檗宗) and Manpukuji (萬福寺) in Kyoto.
Subject
Wanfu Temple; Chinese Buddhism; Chan; Obaku; 17th century
Geographic Location
Fuqing Shi (China); Fujian Sheng (China); 25.629686; 119.268319
Type
Still Image
Language
chi
Notes
Author affiliations: Temple University
Series
Cluster 1.5: Extended Textual Communities
Date Available
2024-01-04
Provider
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights
Attribution 4.0 International
DOI
10.14288/1.0438446
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/2429/87107
Affiliation
Non UBC
Peer Review Status
Unreviewed
Scholarly Level
Graduate
Rights URI
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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