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Taixu: Science, Biography & Buddhist Modernism

Taixu (Tai-hsu, traditional Chinese: 太虛; simplified Chinese: 太虚; pinyin: Tàixū; Wade–Giles: T'ai Hsü; January 8, 1890 – March 17, 1947), also called Shi Taixu, was a Buddhist modernist, activist and thinker who advocated for a reformation and revival of Chinese Buddhism by drawing upon eclectic domestic and foreign sources and ideologies.

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Taixu topic overview

The analysis highlights Science, Biography and Buddhist Modernism as prominent areas in the source structure around Taixu.

Related topics
30
Source areas
4
Connected nodes
34
Extracted relationships
138
Concept neighborhoods
13
Bridge connections
34

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

Biography · 22 topics
Overview · 5 topics
Buddhist Modernism · 2 topics
Survey of Writings · 1 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

Born
Lǚ Pèilín or Lǚ Gànsēn (1890-01-08)January 8, 1890 Haining County, Zhejiang, Qing China
Chinese
唯心 · 昧庵
Dharma name
Weixin
Died
March 17, 1947(1947-03-17) (aged 57) Shanghai, China
Hanyu Pinyin
Shì Tàixū · Lǚ Gànsēn or Lǚ Pèilín · Tàixū · Wéixīn · Mèi'ān
Religion
Humanistic Buddhism

Explore all related topics Closing gaps

Browse the complete topic structure, not only the most central items. Less prominent entities and concepts can reveal missing angles, specialized context and useful research gaps. Each item opens a new analysis centered on that subject.

Overview

Biography

Buddhist Modernism

Survey of Writings

Advanced semantic analysis

Deeper signals for content research, entity SEO and topical coverage. The plain-language headings explain what each technical view is useful for.

How Taixu connects Entity context

The extracted context around Taixu shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Taixu → Anarchy, Buddhism, Cambridge, China, Cult, Don, Harvard UP, Hawai'i UP, Homles, Honolulu, Justin, Lectures, Maitreya, Modern Chinese Buddhism, Oxford, Oxford UP, Paris, Pittman, Pure Land, Reinventing Another extracted example is Taixu → As, At, Autobiography, Buddhism, Buddhist Yang Renshan, Chan Buddhism, Dharma, Great Emptiness, Guangzhou, Haining, His, In, Kang Youwei, Liang Qichao, Linji, Lǚ Pèilín, Nanking, Not, Qing, Sutra Carving Society. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

Taixu

Top relations

related to Sources · 29
Taixu → Anarchy, Buddhism, Cambridge, China, Cult, Don, Harvard UP, Hawai'i UP, Homles, Honolulu, Justin, Lectures, Maitreya, Modern Chinese Buddhism, Oxford, Oxford UP, Paris, Pittman, Pure Land, Reinventing
related to Biography · 25
Taixu → As, At, Autobiography, Buddhism, Buddhist Yang Renshan, Chan Buddhism, Dharma, Great Emptiness, Guangzhou, Haining, His, In, Kang Youwei, Liang Qichao, Linji, Lǚ Pèilín, Nanking, Not, Qing, Sutra Carving Society
related to Further reading · 16
Taixu → Buddhist Studies, Chung-Hwa, Don Alvin, Eric, Goodell, Hawaii Press, May, Mirrored, Modern Chinese Buddhism, Pittman, Romantic Idealism, Taixu's Reforms, Taixu's Youth, Toward, University, Years
related to Buddhist Modernism · 15
Taixu → Besides, Buddhism, Buddhist, China, Chinese, Don, He, His, One, Pittman, Pure Land, Pure Land Buddhism, Sangha, Taixu's, This
related to Contacts with Christianity · 14
Taixu → Bodhi Society, Buddhism, Christian, Christianity, Europe, He, However, Lectures, Right Faith Society, Sangha, Taixu's, Western, While, World Wars
related to External links · 7
Taixu → Dialogue, Internet ArchiveThe Short Record, Master TaixuTaixu, Modern WorldTaixu BiographyAn Interfaith, Save, To Renew Buddhism, Works
related to Survey of Writings · 7
Taixu → Buddhist, Catholic, China, Christian, He, In, This
Hanyu Pinyin · 5
Taixu → Lǚ Gànsēn or Lǚ Pèilín, Mèi'ān, Shì Tàixū, Tàixū, Wéixīn
Transcriptions · 5
Taixu → TranscriptionsStandard MandarinHanyu PinyinLǚ Gànsēn or Lǚ Pèilín, TranscriptionsStandard MandarinHanyu PinyinMèi'ān, TranscriptionsStandard MandarinHanyu PinyinShì Tàixū, TranscriptionsStandard MandarinHanyu PinyinTàixū, TranscriptionsStandard MandarinHanyu PinyinWéixīn
Simplified Chinese · 3
Taixu → 吕淦森 or 吕沛林, 太虛, 釋太虛

Important terminology

Use these terms to understand the vocabulary surrounding the topic, not as a checklist for keyword stuffing.

Important terminology

buddhism buddhist world pure science god chinese land taixu's china citation needed one many things sangha create pittman work modern

Taixu relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 138 structured relationships around Taixu. Examples in this analysis include Taixu → Born → Lǚ Pèilín or Lǚ Gànsēn (1890-01-08)January 8, 1890 Haining County, Zhejiang, Qing China and Taixu → Chinese → 唯心. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
TaixuBornLǚ Pèilín or Lǚ Gànsēn (1890-01-08)January 8, 1890 Haining County, Zhejiang, Qing China1.00infobox
TaixuChinese唯心1.00infobox
TaixuChinese昧庵1.00infobox
TaixuDharma nameWeixin1.00infobox
TaixuDiedMarch 17, 1947(1947-03-17) (aged 57) Shanghai, China1.00infobox
TaixuHanyu PinyinShì Tàixū1.00infobox
TaixuHanyu PinyinLǚ Gànsēn or Lǚ Pèilín1.00infobox
TaixuHanyu PinyinTàixū1.00infobox
TaixuHanyu PinyinWéixīn1.00infobox
TaixuHanyu PinyinMèi'ān1.00infobox
TaixuReligionHumanistic Buddhism1.00infobox
TaixuSchoolMahayana1.00infobox
TaixuSimplified Chinese釋太虛1.00infobox
TaixuSimplified Chinese吕淦森 or 吕沛林1.00infobox
TaixuSimplified Chinese太虛1.00infobox
TaixuTraditional Chinese释太虚1.00infobox
TaixuTraditional Chinese呂淦森 or 呂沛林1.00infobox
TaixuTraditional Chinese太虚1.00infobox
TaixuTranscriptionsTranscriptionsStandard MandarinHanyu PinyinShì Tàixū1.00infobox
TaixuTranscriptionsTranscriptionsStandard MandarinHanyu PinyinLǚ Gànsēn or Lǚ Pèilín1.00infobox
TaixuTranscriptionsTranscriptionsStandard MandarinHanyu PinyinTàixū1.00infobox
TaixuTranscriptionsTranscriptionsStandard MandarinHanyu PinyinWéixīn1.00infobox
TaixuTranscriptionsTranscriptionsStandard MandarinHanyu PinyinMèi'ān1.00infobox

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around Taixu bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Citation, Needed and China. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • Taixu
    • Citation
    • Needed
    • China
    • Science
    • World
    • Christian
    • Dharma
    • Three
    • Writings
    • One
    • God
    • Existence
  • taixu
    • Citation
    • Needed
    • China
    • Science
    • World
    • Christian
    • Dharma
    • Three
    • Writings
    • One
    • God
    • Existence
  • traditional chinese
    • Modern
    • Toward
    • Buddhist
    • Buddhism
    • Modernist
    • Taixu's
    • Don
    • Pittman
    • China
    • Taixu
    • Land
    • Pure
  • simplified chinese
    • Modern
    • Toward
    • Buddhist
    • Buddhism
    • Modernist
    • Taixu's
    • Don
    • Pittman
    • China
    • Taixu
    • Land
    • Pure
  • chinese buddhism
    • Modern
    • Toward
    • Taixu
    • Buddhist
    • Buddhism
    • Chinese
    • Modernist
    • Science
    • Taixu's
    • Don
    • Pittman
    • World
  • first world war
    • Land
    • Pure
    • Taixu's
    • Buddhist
    • Buddhism
    • Bring
    • Hard
    • Toward
    • Modern
    • Work
    • Create
    • Taixu
  • pure land buddhism
    • Land
    • Pure
    • Hard
    • Taixu
    • Buddhist
    • World
    • Work
    • Chinese
    • Science
    • Taixu's
    • Reform
    • Toward
  • buddhist modernism
    • Citation
    • Needed
    • Taixu
    • Buddhism
    • Chinese
    • Revival
    • Modernist
    • Taixu's
    • Scientific
    • Toward
    • Writings
    • World

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For Taixu, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Taixu with Biography. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
TaixuBiography · splits 12 ⟂ 23
TaixuOverview · splits 29 ⟂ 6
TaixuBuddhist Modernism · splits 32 ⟂ 3

Map overview Semantic statistics

Taixu

Nodes35
Edges34
Triples138
Avg. degree1.94
Density0.057143
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around Taixu to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as Science, Biography & Buddhist Modernism, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — Taixu · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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