The Archive · 1941

Control of Shanghai's Oldest Temple in Bitter Dispute

Sept. 17.

ITH Abbot Young Shi, a leading and aged monk in Shanghai disputing the control of the Bubbling Well Temple, the most famous and oldest Chinese monastery in Shanghai, and trying his best to secure the backing of the chief monks of more than 40 Buddhist temples in Shanghai, the new chief monk of the temple is prepared to take up the challenge by g to court it necessary.

Two leading monks of the Bubbling Well Temple declared to the "North-China Daily News" yesterday that corruption has been a feature of the history of the temple for many years, but that the new chief monk, only 22 years old, is determined to make improvements and to uphold Buddhist traditions. position a few days ago following the

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