明復法師=Venerable Mingfu; 釋明復=Mingfu Shi; 獅子吼月刊=Lion's Roar Monthly; 佛學譯粹=Essence of BuddhistTranslation; 中國佛教史學會=Association of Chinese Buddhist History; 道安長老=Venerable Dao’an; 佛教藝術雜誌=The Buddhist Arts
This thesis studies Master Mingfu’s (1914-2005)undertakings in promoting Buddhist culture and education. Master Mingfu has served as the president of the Lion's Roar Monthly, founder of theBuddhist Arts , publisher and founder of Essence of Buddhist Translation. He also organized Chinese Buddhist History Association and proposed a plan for establishing a correspondence college in Buddhist Studies. Given the conservative and relatively close intellectual environment in Buddhist circle, it was an innovative as well as difficult undertaking for Master Mingfu to try to establish and develop academic studies in the fields of translating Buddhist texts, Buddhist Arts, Buddhist Histories, and Sangha education. His undertakings, unfortunately, did not carry on to the present time. Nonetheless, it is important to understand his endeavors and the historical contexts in which he operated. Thus this thesis aims at presenting Master Mingfu’s tasks and exploring his ideal and influence to the later development of Buddhism in China. The picture of Buddhism in Republic China is not complete if we overlook the importance of Master Mingfu’s endeavors.
