Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v2.c15.s2.t46.2
Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v2.c15.s2.t46.2
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Zhang Mantao became a monk when he was still a child and acknowledged Monk Ming Zhen as his master. He was admitted to Nanyue Buddhist Institute when he was 10-years-old. In April 1949, he went to Hong Kong and studied Buddhism in Guangxia College under the instruction of Master Zhu Mo. He went to Taiwan in 1955 and published his first novel ‘*Morning Dew*’ in 1956.