Wang Hao De
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| Wang Hao De | |
| Names Chinese name Personal names in Chinese culture follow a number of conventions different from those of personal names in Western cultures. Most noticeably, a Chinese name is written with the family name first and the given name next, therefore "John-Paul Smith" as a Chinese name would be "Smith John-Paul"... |
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| Known in English as: | Wang Hao De |
| Chinese Chinese language The Chinese language is a language or language family consisting of varieties which are mutually intelligible to varying degrees. Originally the indigenous languages spoken by the Han Chinese in China, it forms one of the branches of Sino-Tibetan family of languages... : |
王好德 |
| Hanyu Pinyin: | Wáng Hǎodé |
| Wade-Giles Wade-Giles Wade–Giles , sometimes abbreviated Wade, is a romanization system for the Mandarin Chinese language. It developed from a system produced by Thomas Wade during the mid-19th century , and was given completed form with Herbert Giles' Chinese–English dictionary of 1892.Wade–Giles was the most... : |
Wang Hao-te |
| Family name: | Wang |
| Chinese: | 王 |
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| Haode (好德) | |
| Courtesy name : | Gaoshan (高山) |
| Pseudonym : | Gaoshan Yuren (高山愚人) |
Wang Hao-te (1921 – 1999) is the founder of the Maitreya Great Tao religion , which is based in Hsin Chu, Taiwan
Taiwan
Taiwan , also known, especially in the past, as Formosa , is the largest island of the same-named island group of East Asia in the western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The island forms over 99% of the current territory of the Republic of China following...
. This sect according to Taiwan's survey in 2004 has 100,000 members and 2000 temples. Wang was born in 1921, the 28th day of the 7th lunar month (August 31, 1921) in a small village called Zhang Gu in Shandong
Shandong
' is a Province located on the eastern coast of the People's Republic of China. Shandong has played a major role in Chinese history from the beginning of Chinese civilization along the lower reaches of the Yellow River and served as a pivotal cultural and religious site for Taoism, Chinese...
province. He moved to Taiwan as a businessman. He was introduced and initiated to the I-Kuan Tao
I-Kuan Tao
I-Kuan Tao, also Yīguàn Dào, or usually initialized as IKT is a new religious movement that originated in twentieth-century China. It incorporates elements from Confucianism, Taoism, and Chinese Buddhism, and recognizes the validity of non-Chinese religious traditions such as Christianity and...
sect in 1948. He appeared to be a talented businessman and he was entrusted to take care of Sun Su Zhen
Sun Su Zhen
Sun Suzhen was the Matriarch of I-Kuan Tao . She was the successor of Zhang Tianran, the last patriarch of I-Kuan Tao, a new religious movement. She was also known as Ming Shan or Hui Ming , her religious name....
or "Shi Mu" 師母, the great mistress of I-Kuan Tao
I-Kuan Tao
I-Kuan Tao, also Yīguàn Dào, or usually initialized as IKT is a new religious movement that originated in twentieth-century China. It incorporates elements from Confucianism, Taoism, and Chinese Buddhism, and recognizes the validity of non-Chinese religious traditions such as Christianity and...
. According to his believers Wang served as aide to Shi Mu for 11 years until her death in 1975.
In 1987 Wang set up the Providence Maitreya Buddha Institute in Hsin Chu, Taiwan. Wang died in Chiang Mai, Thailand in 1999. Maitreya Great Tao has a large number of follower across more than 60 countries all over the world. Maitreya Great Tao's latest project is to built a bronze statue of Maitreya
Maitreya
Maitreya , Metteyya , or Jampa , is foretold as a future Buddha of this world in Buddhist eschatology. In some Buddhist literature, such as the Amitabha Sutra and the Lotus Sutra, he or she is referred to as Ajita Bodhisattva.Maitreya is a bodhisattva who in the Buddhist tradition is to appear on...
in Hsin Chu, with a height of 72 m.
Sources
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- Soo, Khin Wah. 1997. A Study of the Yiguan Dao (Unity Sect) and its Development in Peninsular Malaysia. Ph.D. dissertation, University of British Columbia.
- 台灣地區宗教簡介: 彌勒大道 Introduction to religions in the Taiwan territory: Maitreya Great Tao, Department of Civil Affairs, Ministry of Interior, Republic of China. 2001. Accessed February 7, 2006.