Shi Yuanying

Shi Yuanying
释圆瑛
TitleVenerable Master of the Buddhist Association of China
Personal life
BornWu Changfa (吴昌发)
Wu Hengchun (吴亨春)

1878
Died12 September 1953(1953-09-12) (aged 74–75)
ParentYuan Yun (father)
Posthumous nameTao Guang (韬光)
Yihoutang Zhuren (一吼堂主人)
Religious life
ReligionChan Buddhism
SchoolLinji school
Lineage40th generation
Dharma nameHong Wu (宏悟)
Senior posting
TeacherZeng Xi
Miao Lian
Da Gong
Ye Kai
Bazhi Toutuo
Period in office
1953
SuccessorGeshe Sherab Gyatso
Students
  • Ming Yang
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese釋圓瑛
Simplified Chinese释圆瑛
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinShì Yuányīng
Birth name
Traditional Chinese吳昌發 or 吳亨春
Simplified Chinese吴昌发 or 吴亨春
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinWú Chāngfā or Wú Hēngchūn
Dharma name
Chinese宏悟
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinHóngwù
Art name
Traditional Chinese韜光
Simplified Chinese韬光
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinTāoguāng
Art name (also)
Chinese一吼堂主人
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinYīhǒutáng Zhǔrén

Shi Yuanying (Chinese: 释圆瑛; 1878 – 12 September 1953) was a Chinese Chan Buddhist master and the first Venerable Master of the Buddhist Association of China.