1925年东亚佛教大会

East Asia Buddhism Conference in 1925

太虚大师（1890-1947年）是近代中国佛教高僧,对中国佛教的现代化做出了卓越贡献.他善于借助外缘弘法,大力推进中国佛教的世界化运动,其中1925年的东亚佛教大会就是由太虚等人推动而在日本召开的.此次大会由两国民间佛教团体主持,受到了当时中、日两国政府高度重视和支持,是一次重要的公共外交活动,也是中国佛教公共外交史上的重要案例.

Master Taixu(1890-1947) was an eminent monk in China who made outstanding contribution to the modernization of Chinese Buddhism. He was good at using foreign resources to spread Buddhism, and promoting Chinese Buddhism overseas. In 1925, he hosted an East Asia Buddhism conference in Japan with Buddhism organizations from China and Japan. Governments of the two countries attached great importance to the conference and gave full support. This was an important public diplomacy activity, as well as an important case in the history of Chinese Buddhism's public diplomacy.