This paper associates three types of paradigmatic lay Buddhist women in Post-war Taiwan as refraction of three kinds of Buddhist women networks: (1) the Taiwanese female followers of the Lotus Communities, exemplified by the famous ten sisters; (2) the mainlander officials’ wives, represented by the exemplar of Sunzhang Qingyang; (3) the mainlander female Buddhist writers, such as Xie Bingyin. These women participated in the alleged Orthodoxy Chinese Buddhism monastic movements, a complicated process of religious reform and culture exchange of political and educational resources. They were mobilized by the monastic communities but also empowered in this process. They established close ties with the core of decision-making in the monastic communities. In the name of reviving Chinese culture, they were able to participate in the public space opened by various new Buddhist organizations and contributed to the renewal of Buddhist establishments in post-war Taiwan.
