Hsuan Chuang University
| 玄奘大學 | |
 |
|
| Motto | 德智勤毅 |
|---|---|
|
Motto in English
|
Virtue, Knowledge, Diligence and Perseverance |
| Type | Private |
| Established | 1997 |
|
Academic staff
|
158 |
| Undergraduates | 5,882 |
| Postgraduates | 791 |
| Location | Xiangshan, Hsinchu City, Taiwan |
| Campus | Suburb |
| Website | www.hcu.edu.tw |
| Hsuan Chuang University | |||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Simplified Chinese | |||||||||
|
|||||||||
| Transcriptions | |
|---|---|
| Standard Mandarin | |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Guólì Táiwān Shīfàn Dàxué |
| Wade–Giles | kuo2li4 tai2wan1 shih1fan4 ta4 hsüeh2 |
Hsuan Chuang University (HCU; Chinese: 玄奘大學""; pinyin: Xuán Zhuǎng Dàxué) is a private Buddhist university in Xiangshan District, Hsinchu City, Taiwan. Founded in 1997 by the Ven. Liao Zhong (了中), and named for the Tang Dynasty monk Xuanzang, the school was promoted to university status in 2004. It offers bachelor's and master's degrees, mainly in humanities subjects.
Prior to 1985, the government of Taiwan maintained strict controls on private universities, and in particular discouraged university-level religious education. For several decades, senior officials of the Buddhist Association of the Republic of China (BAROC) pressured the government to overturn these restrictions, and allow a private Buddhist university similar to Fu Jen Catholic University.
Informal resistance from the Ministry of Education persisted into the 1990s. One obstacle was that the Ministry of Education claimed that as a religious affair, jurisdiction over the proposal lay with the Ministry of the Interior—which in turn maintained that as an educational institution, responsibility lay rather with the Ministry of Education. Prior to 1990, the working group had reconciled itself to creating a technical college (which could be accredited) alongside an unaccredited seminary, in preparation for a time when the government might accredit it as a religious studies department.
The political thaw and economic boom of the 1980s and 1990s erased many of the obstacles facing the venture. However, these events also had the effect of encouraging charismatic Buddhist teachers to build their own organizations and institutions—including universities—separately from BAROC. Examples would include Tzu Chi University, Fo Guang University, Huafan University, Nanhua University, and Dharma Drum Buddhist College). The "rump" project was led by Liao Zhong, a monk and BAROC official who would ultimately chair Hsuan Chuang's board of directors.
...
Wikipedia