Hsing Yun

Hsing Yun
Hsing Yun
星雲
	Hsing Yun in 2009
Title	Venerable Master (大師)
Personal
Born	Lee Kuo-shen (李國深); 19 August 1927; Yangzhou, Jiangsu, Republic of China
Died	5 February 2023 (aged 95); Fo Guang Shan Monastery, Dashu, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Religion	Buddhism
Nationality	Taiwanese
School	Linji school; Fo Guang Shan Lineage;
Lineage	48th Generation
Education	Qixia Academy of the School of Vinaya
Known for	Father of the modern Humanistic Buddhism movement in Taiwan
Dharma names	Jinjue (今覺); Wuche (悟徹);
Organization
Temple	Fo Guang Shan
Senior posting
Teacher	Shi Zhikai (釋志開)
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	星雲
Simplified Chinese	星云
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Xīngyún
Bopomofo	ㄒㄧㄥㄩㄣˊ
Gwoyeu Romatzyh	Shingyun
Wade–Giles	Hsing-yün
Southern Min
Hokkien POJ	Seng-hûn
Lee Kuo-shen
Traditional Chinese	李國深
Simplified Chinese	李国深
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Lǐ Guóshēn
Bopomofo	ㄌㄧˇ ㄍㄨㄛˊㄕㄣ
Gwoyeu Romatzyh	Lii Gwoshen
Wade–Giles	Li3 Kuo2-shen1

Hsing Yun (Chinese: 星雲; pinyin: Xīng Yún; 19 August 1927 – 5 February 2023) was a Chinese Buddhist monk, teacher, and philanthropist based in Taiwan. He was the founder of the Fo Guang Shan Buddhist monastic order as well as the layperson-based Buddha's Light International Association. Hsing Yun was considered a major proponent of Humanistic Buddhism and one of the most influential teachers of modern Taiwanese Buddhism. In Taiwan, he was popularly referred to as one of the "Four Heavenly Kings" of Taiwanese Buddhism, along with his contemporaries: Master Sheng-yen of Dharma Drum Mountain, Master Cheng Yen of Tzu Chi and Master Wei Chueh of Chung Tai Shan.^[1]^[2]^[3]

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