Taixu

Taixu
Shi Taixu
Taixu Shi Taixu
釋太虛
	Photo of Taixu from a book published in 1933
Personal life
Born	Lǚ Pèilín or Lǚ Gànsēn; January 8, 1890; Haining County, Zhejiang, Qing China
Died	March 17, 1947 (aged 57); Shanghai, China
Nationality	Chinese
Religious life
Religion	Humanistic Buddhism
School	Mahayana
Senior posting
	Students Yinshun;
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	释太虚
Simplified Chinese	釋太虛
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Shì Tàixū
Birth name
Traditional Chinese	呂淦森 or 呂沛林
Simplified Chinese	吕淦森 or 吕沛林
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Lǚ Gànsēn or Lǚ Pèilín
Courtesy name
Traditional Chinese	太虚
Simplified Chinese	太虛
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Tàixū
Dharma name
Chinese	唯心
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Wéixīn
Art name
Chinese	昧庵
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Mèi'ān

Taixu (Tai-hsu, traditional Chinese: 太虛; simplified Chinese: 太虚; pinyin: Tàixū; Wade–Giles: T'ai Hsü; January 8, 1890 – March 17, 1947), also called Shi Taixu, was a Buddhist modernist, activist and thinker who advocated for a reformation and revival of Chinese Buddhism by drawing upon eclectic domestic and foreign sources and ideologies.