The old monk was born with many difficulties. He lost his father at the age of five and his mother died at the age of fifteen. At the age of twenty-one, he finally realized the meaning of life and became a monk at Sanzu Temple in Qian Shan. The next year, he got a foot ring at Yefushan Temple in Lujiang County. Later, he followed the teacher and learned the outline of teaching concept and the essentials of meditation, which benefited him a lot. Later, he returned to Sanzu Temple in Qian Shan, and was selected by monks of 1940. He began to serve as the abbot of Sanzu Temple in Qianshan and the vice president of Qianshan Buddhist Association.
After the outbreak of War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, an old monk from Feng Wan initiated the establishment of a rehabilitation center for children affected by the war in the Buried Hill to help orphans who lost their support in the war. 1947 In the spring, the old monk Feng Wan attended the Sangha training class held by the Anhui Buddhist Association in Yingjiang Temple. When he graduated, he was concerned by the Buddhist community because of a paper on Buddhist reform. He was sent to Daning Temple in Tongcheng as a supervisor and concurrently served as the secretary-general of Tongcheng Buddhist Association. /kloc-in the winter of 0/947, he was invited to Yingjiang Temple as an assistant temple in Yin Qian, and served as the attendant secretary of this monk and two old monks in Yuehai. 1948, the old monk came to Lingyanshan Temple in Suzhou, Jiangsu Province to follow in the footsteps of a generation of Jing Zong master Yin Guang. That summer, there was a severe drought in Xuzhou, Jiangsu Province. Feng Wan, an old monk, was appointed by Miao Zhen, the abbot of the temple, and took part in the relief work of the Shanghai Buddhist Xuzhou Relief Association. His serious and responsible work attitude and good moral character have been well received by the Buddhist circles in Shanghai and the people of Xuzhou. That autumn, the old monk from Feng Wan stayed in Lingyanshan Buddhist College to study Buddhist theory systematically, and was directly influenced by the famous monk Naoki at that time.
1950, due to his excellent academic performance, the old monk Feng Wan returned to Lingyanshan Temple in Suzhou and served as the supervisor of Lingyanshan Buddhist College. During the period from 195 1 to 1966, the old monk Feng Wan served as deputy general manager of Lingyanshan Temple, master of Buddhist chanting and supervisor of Lingyanshan Temple, and was elected as a member of Wuxian CPPCC and director of Suzhou Buddhist Association. 1966 during the "cultural revolution", the old monk in Feng Wan was persecuted and his body and mind were greatly destroyed. However, his belief in Buddhism is firm and his determination to protect Buddhism remains unchanged. 1970 assigned to the state-owned Tianping Mountain Orchard as a worker.
1984, at the invitation of the United Front Work Department of Anqing City, Anhui Province and the people of Yingjiang Temple, the old monk Feng Wan returned to his hometown of Anqing after 36 years' absence and began to serve as the abbot of Yingjiang Temple. 1993 was promoted to abbot of the temple.
In order to restore the Buddhist temple, the old monk from Feng Wan dragged his sick body, broke through the resistance, appealed up and down, and finally let Yingjiang Temple return to the monks' management in the shortest time. In order to make this national key temple open to the outside world as soon as possible, the old monk in Feng Wan, regardless of his old age and infirmity, actively raised funds in accordance with the requirements of "temples should be like temples and monks should be like monks". Because of his great appeal in Buddhism and high prestige among believers, he won money after money for the restoration of Yingjiang Temple in a short time. These funds, together with enthusiastic support and generous donations from all walks of life, restored Yingjiang Temple, which was destroyed beyond recognition during the Cultural Revolution, to the most prosperous period in history in just a few years. Therefore, this old monk from Feng Wan was regarded as the founder of Yingjiang Temple generation.
1993, in order to repair the vibrating pagoda that had been in disrepair for a long time, an old monk from Feng Wan drove thousands of miles south of Guangdong in a weak body shortly after the operation, raising more than 600,000 yuan. Finally, under the principle of repairing the old as before, Zhenta successfully carried out the ninth overhaul in history, and the rest of the money was used to repair the Grand Duke Pavilion built in the Republic of China and the Guangsi Hall built in the Ming Dynasty. The old monk in Feng Wan has never saved money and things in his life, and his life has always been frugal. However, he enthusiastically donated money to social welfare undertakings. Every time he fights floods and provides disaster relief, the old monk from Feng Wan will take the lead in donating money in the temple to support the post-disaster reconstruction of the victims with practical actions. 1998, when he learned in Anqing Daily that the houses of 8 villagers in Fengyi Township/kloc-0 in Zongyang County collapsed in the flood, he was very worried. At the end of this year, he entrusted his savings of more than 10,000 yuan to the village and distributed them to 18 households one by one, hoping that these victims would have a happy Spring Festival. 1995 but when he learned that there was a movie called "Only Mom is Good in the World", he immediately had his 5000 yuan savings sent to Anqing Welfare Institute. He said that children without mothers are also treasures. I hope these children can grow up healthily and make contributions to society in the future.
The old monk from Feng Wan spared no effort to build the "Hope Project". From 65438 to 0994, he donated all his savings of 60,000 yuan to Gaoji Primary School in Meicheng Town, Qianshan County, his hometown, so that the school built a two-story teaching building. The building was named "Feng Wan Building" by Meicheng Town Government. He also established the "Feng Wan Scholarship" to reward teachers and outstanding students of the school every year. From 65438 to 0998, he took the initiative to pay all the tuition fees for 28 poor students in Yuexi and Zongyang, and promised to let these children complete all their junior high school studies. In May 2000, when he heard that primary school students in Yuanxi Primary School in Liu Jie Township of Guichi City had no desks and chairs, he immediately raised 5,500 yuan to help Yuanxi Primary School make 100 desks and chairs. At the end of the year, he took out another 5,000 yuan and sent it to Yuanxi Village, Liu Jie Township, to help some poor families in the village have a happy Spring Festival. According to the incomplete statistics of Yingjiang Temple, Feng Wan, an old monk, donated about 400,000 yuan to social welfare undertakings during his eighteen years in Anqing, but he usually scrimped and saved.
As a monk, this old monk from Feng Wan has also made great contributions to the construction of Buddhist culture. He is the author of books such as Legend of Yingjiang Temple, Stop Watching Zen, How to Be a Buddhist, Records of Great Virtues in Ancient and Modern Times, and Collection of Paintings and Calligraphy in Yingjiang Temple, and has published many books. Most people are familiar with his famous saying: "There is no money to keep books after death." To this end, these works were published at his own expense. He felt that Yingjiang Temple had never had a complete historical document, and he was determined to compile the Records of Yingjiang Temple in his lifetime. With indomitable perseverance, he dragged his sick body, personally organized the editorial team of Temple Records, and personally consulted the materials. Most of the chapters were written word for word by himself when he was ill. After more than four years of hard work, this 200,000-word "Yingjiang Temple Records" was finally published four months before his death.
In order to train Buddhist monks in China, he not only sent his disciples to various Buddhist colleges for further study, but also personally gave lectures to Buddhist monks in Jiuhuashan Buddhist College for many times.
The old monk is awe-inspiring He is as bitter as an enemy for those acts that corrupt Taoism and damage the image of Buddhism and will never give up. In order to clean up the Taoist style, he not only formulated the temple regulations in person according to the "Baizhang Clear Rules", but also did things by himself. For many years, he didn't leave a disciple around him, and none of the staff in the temple were his relatives. People in his hometown need to eat in the temple, so he pays the meal ticket. Although it is only a few dollars, it reflects his selfless noble quality.