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Peng Shaosheng

Chinese illustration of Peng Shaosheng

Peng Shaosheng (彭紹升‎, 1740–1796) was a lay Buddhist scholar-practitioner and literatus during the Qing dynasty.[1] He was also known by the sobriquets Erlin Jushi (二林居士) and Zhiguizi (知歸子, "master who knows his true home"), as well as the Buddhist Dharma name Jiqing (際清).[2] Peng is known for his synthesis of Pure Land and Huayan Buddhism as well as for his biographical collections of the lives of eminent laymen, laywomen and Pure Land sages.[1][3][4]

  1. ^ a b Buswell, Robert E.; Lopez, Donald. (eds.) (2014) The Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism, p. 638. Princeton University Press. Print ISBN 9780691157863 
  2. ^ Hongyu Wu. "Can an Evil Person Attain Rebirth in the Pure Land? Ethical and Soteriological Issues in the Pure Land Thought of Peng Shaosheng (1740-1796)." Journal of Buddhist Ethics ISSN 1076-9005 http://blogs.dickinson.edu/buddhistethics/ Volume 27, 2020.
  3. ^ Liu, Kuei-Chieh (劉貴傑). On the Synthesis of Huayan Thought and Pure Land Practice by Early Qing Dynasty Buddhist Scholars (清初華嚴念佛思想試析——以續法與彭紹升為例). Journal of Chinese Buddhist Studies, Volume 20.
  4. ^ Wu, Hongyun. “Leading the Good Life: Peng Shaosheng's Biographical Narratives and Instructions for Buddhist Laywomen in High Qing China (1683-1796).” (2013).

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