Ying Ci

Ying Ci

Ying CI (1873-1965) was born in Shexian County, Anhui Province. His common surname was Yu, his name was duo, his name was Zhenqing, and his legal name was Ying Ci, also known as Xianqin. He was born into a salt merchant's family. He was gifted and intelligent when he was a child. He studied four books and five classics in a private school. He was a scholar in the examination. Later, he abandoned Confucianism and business in Yangzhou. Because of the impermanence of life and death, he had the idea of leaving the family. In the 25th year of the reign of Emperor Guangxu of the Qing Dynasty (1899), he met with Ming Xing Zen master in Putuo Mountain. He met with him very well, so he became a monk. He has successively studied the Vajra Sutra, the fahua Sutra and taught the Huayan Sutra. In 1954, he was elected deputy to the first Shanghai People's Congress and honorary president of Shanghai Buddhist Association. In 1957, he taught Huayan Sutra at Yufo temple in Shanghai at the age of 85. In the same year, he was elected vice president of China Buddhist Association. In 1962, he became honorary president and vice president of China Buddhist College. In 1965, the garden died in Ciyun Temple, Shanghai. He was 92 years old.

Main works

His works include a brief introduction to the Heart Sutra, Zhengfa yanzang, and a brief explanation of the ode to the eight rules.

Honorary contribution

In 1925, Changzhou Qingliang Academy was established. In the past three years, 80 volumes of Huayan Sutra were taught and a large number of Buddhist talents were trained. He once helped the Zen master Zhikai of Tianning Temple to establish the piling Scripture carving office, and published many Buddhist classics in Zhongxiang nunnery in Yangzhou. It took six years to collate Huayan shuchao, so that this millennium masterpiece could be published again. He studied the scriptures of Sanzang and learned all kinds of doctrines, but he never wrote books or talked about strange things. Instead, he paid attention to the commandments and often warned the scholars to strictly abide by the commandments and know how to teach. He once preached the commandments in Nanjing, Wuhu and other places for many times and advocated at least one "Zen seven" every year. Four times, he paid homage to Mount Wutai and asked for his teachers. He lived in the Buddhist world and always sympathized with the sufferings of the world. He once said to scholars, "today's husband, five constant and eight virtues, Shun, sun and Yao, are all shrouded in darkness and sad After the founding of the people's Republic of China, I supported the leadership of the Communist Party of China and took an active part in patriotic activities. On the 10th anniversary of the national day, I made eight speeches, including: "I was born in the world for 87 or 77 years, and I was in the sugarcane field in the past 10 years. I was very happy.". "Thank you to the Communist Party of China and Chairman Mao for being great benefactors. Cihang is a lamp of wisdom in the dark country. He once served as honorary president of China Buddhist Association and Shanghai Buddhist Association, vice president of China Buddhist College and Shanghai People's representative.