Ten years ago on the day of 21th May,venerable Pu left us at the age of ninety-three.Today let us learn more about the old man who has made many contributions and should be kept in our memory.What kind of family was venerable Pu born in?Four successive generations of his family serve the emperor as members of Imperial Academy,and his sixth ancestor Zhao Wenkai is Zhuang Yuan (person who scores first in palace examination).His father Zhao Entong who lived in late Qing Dynasty and did not participate in the imperial examination had pursued studies in Anhui Academy.His family also has contact with the family of Mr.Chen Duxiu,because his sixth ancestor Zhao Wenkai provided with a preface to genealogy of Chen’s ancestors.Li Hongzhang is Zhao’s kin,for the daughter of his fifth ancestor Zhao Yun was married to Li Hongzhang as his second wife when she was at the age of twenty-four.Zhang Ailing is the granddaughter of the daughter of Li Hongzhang,so Zhang Ailing is also Zhao’s kin.On fifth November 1907,Zhao Puchu was born in Zhuang Yuan mansion in Anqing.His father died from natural disaster at the beginning of the 1960s.His mother was born in Wuhan and died in 1947 for following the ultra-leftist line.How did venerable Pu take the path to Buddhism?In 1920 venerable Pu left his hometown and studied at a preparatory high school class affiliated to Dongwu University at the age of fourteen.It is a Christian school,so he was doing quite well in foreign languages.His teacher Su Xueling was also his townsman:both of them are Anhui native.Su Xueling died in 1999 and in 1997 the one-hundred-year-old woman revisited the old haunt in Anhui.How did venerable Pu take the path to Buddhism?Suffering from a lung infection,he was forced to be a school dropout in 1927.During his convalescence in Jue Garden(-a location of a Buddhist group),a place introduced by Guan Jiongzhi who was one of Shanghai Buddhist leaders,he took the road of Buddhism.After the failure of the second revolution in 1913,the Northern Warlords Government intended to secretly arrest Sun Yat-sen.That the information was passed to Sun Yat-sen by Guan Jiongzhi helped him to escape.Zhao Puchu’s mother was a Wuhan native and the sworn sister of Guan Jiongzhi’s sister.This relationship gave a high starting point for Zhao Puchu to go into the Buddhism Circle and makes foundation for him to become the future leader of Chinese Buddhists.With the introduction to Master Yuanying (a sainted bonze),he converted to Buddhism in 1935 and became a layman Buddhist.The first wife of venerable Pu was named Wang Dihua and they once had a child who died young.His wife Bangzhi Chen is still alive.She is aged nighty-three this year and I have seen her twice. Ten years ago on the day of 21th May, venerable Pu left us at the age of ninety-three.Today let us learn more about the old man who has made many contributions and should be kept in our memory. What kind of family was venerable Pu born in? Four generations generations of his family serve the emperor as members of Imperial Academy, and his sixth ancestor Zhao Wenkai is Zhuang Yuan (person who scores first in palace examination) .His father Zhao Entong who lived in late Qing Dynasty and did not participate in the imperial examination had pursued studies in Anhui Academy. His family also has contact with the family of Mr. Chen Duxiu, because his sixth ancestor Zhao Wenkai provided with a preface to genealogy of Chen’s ancestors. Li Hongzhang is Zhao’s kin, for the daughter of his fifth ancestor Zhao Yun was married to Li Hongzhang as his second wife when she was at the age of twenty-four. Zhang Ailing is the granddaughter of the daughter of Li Hongzhang, so Zhang Ailing is also Zhao’s kin.On fifth Nov ember 1907, Zhao Puchu was born in Zhuang Yuan mansion in Anqing. His father died from natural disaster at the beginning of the 1960s.His mother was born in Wuhan and died in 1947 for the following the ultra-leftist line .How did venerable Pu take the path to Buddhism? In 1920 venerable Pu left his hometown and studied at a preparatory high school class affiliated to Dongwu University at the age of fourteen.It is a Christian school, so he was doing quite well in foreign languages. His teacher Su Xueling was also his townsman: both of them are Anhui native.Su Xueling died in 1999 and in 1997 the one-hundred-year-old woman revisited the old haunt in Anhui.How did venerable Pu take the path to Buddhism? Suffering from a lung infection, he was forced to be a school dropout in 1927. During his convalescence in Jue Garden (-a location of a Buddhist group), a place introduced by Guan Jiongzhi who was one of Shanghai Buddhist leaders, he took the road of Buddhism. After the failure of the second revolution in 1913, the Northern Warlords Government intended to secretly arrest Sun Yat-sen.That the information was passed to Sun Yat-sen by Guan Jiongzhi helped him to escape. Zhao Puchu’s mother was a Wuhan native and the sworn sister of Guan Jiongzhi’s sister.This relationship gave a high starting point for Zhao Puchu to go into the Buddhism Circle and makes foundation for him to become the future leader of Chinese Buddhists. W the the introduction to Master Yuanying (a sainted bonze), he converted to Buddhism in 1935 and became a layman Buddhist.The first wife of venerable Pu was named Wang Dihua and they once had a child who died young.His wife Bangzhi Chen is still alive.She is aged nighty-three this year and I have seen her twice.