Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v2.c10.s2.t5.3

v2.c10.s2.t5.3

Dishan was originally from Fujian province, and was born in Taiwan. He moved to Fujian with his family in 1895, then to Guangdong in 1897. At first, he received education at home after which he went to school. He taught in Fujian Provincial Second Normal School in 1912 and in 1913, taught in the school for overseas Chinese in Yangon in Burma (Myanmar), where he began to be interested in Buddhism, finally, returned to China in 1915 to keep teaching in Fujian Provincial Normal School. He studied in the School of Liberal Arts of Yenching University from 1917 to 1920, receiving the Bachelor of Arts, and stayed at school to be the teaching assistant