Li Shutong's Letters Collection
by Li Shutong
About This Novel
Li Shutong was born on the 20th of the lunar month in the sixth year of the reign of Emperor Guangxu of the Qing Dynasty (1880) in the family of a wealthy official and businessman in Tianjin. He passed away in Quanzhou on the fourth day of September in 1942. He went to Japan to study, and after returning home he worked as a teacher and editor. He was later ordained as a monk, with the Buddhist name of Yanyin, his nickname was Hongyi, and his later nickname was Wanqing Laoren. He was later revered as Master Hongyi. He is a pioneer of China's New Culture Movement, an outstanding artist, educator, thinker, and innovator. He has made extraordinary achievements in the fields of music, art, poetry, seal cutting, epigraphy, calligraphy, and education. He was proficient in the six languages and was a pioneer in the art of painting, calligraphy, and seal cutting; he formed the first drama group in Chinese history and was a pioneer in Chinese drama; he introduced Western music to China and was the first musician to use five-line notation to compose music. He is not only an outstanding representative of the combination of traditional Chinese culture and Buddhist culture, but also the most outstanding eminent monk in the history of modern Chinese Buddhism. He is also a well-known figure with a high international reputation. He has left an inexhaustible wealth of essence to the world. His life is full of legend, and he is a typical figure in China who is extremely gorgeous but ends in mediocrity. Li Lijuan, the granddaughter of Li Shutong. Born in 1957, converted to Buddhism in 1986. Now he works for the Tianjin Buddhist Association and is a representative of the 16th Tianjin People's Congress.
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