Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v2.c10.s2.t3.7

v2.c10.s2.t3.7

the mouthpiece of Hsing Chung Hui (Society for China's Regeneration). Thus, he could not attend revolutionary activities, nor could earn a living. He had to go to Huizhou in Guangdong and became a monk again. Without a formal qualification, he stole a certificate from Bojing, an elder monk that already died, fled to Hong Kong, and there was actively involved in anti-Qing activities while wearing cassock, and used literature as a weapon to pay the way for the 1911 Revolution. After revolutionary victory, he was wild with joy, but still lived an unconventional life, and thought nothing of "mean or utilitarian matters" (said by Zhang Taiyan). He stayed away from dignitaries, and acted in his own way and refused to be bound by formalities. He drifted here and there as a monk or as a layman, teaching, writing or eating at a temple.