On May 21, 2000 (April 18, 2000 in the lunar calendar), Zhao Puchu, a Buddhist leader of China, passed away. On June 30, 1958, Chairman Mao Zedong received a Cambodia Buddhist delegation led by Master Hu Da. Zhao Puchu (center), Vice President of the Buddhist Association of China, attended the meeting with Comrade Zhao Puchu, Vice Chairman of the Ninth National Committee of the China People's Political Consultative Conference, Honorary Chairman of the Central Committee of China Association for the Promotion of Democracy, President of China Buddhist Association, a famous social activist, outstanding patriotic religious leader, and close friend of the Communist Party of China, died in Beijing on May 21, 2000 due to illness at the age of 93. Comrade Zhao Puchu was born on November 5, 1907 in Taihu County, Anhui Province. In his early years, he studied at Soochow University in Suzhou. After 1928, he served as Secretary of the Shanghai Jiangsu and Zhejiang Buddhist Federation, Secretary of the Shanghai Buddhist Association, President of the "Buddhist Jingye Society", and President of Siming Bank. After 1938, he served as a director of the Shanghai Cultural Community National Salvation Association, Secretary and Chief Secretary of the Buddhist Association of China, member of the Standing Committee of the Shanghai Cilian Relief Theater Refugee Committee and Director of the Detention Unit, Vice President of Shanghai Jingye Street Children's Rehabilitation Institute, and Village Head of Shanghai Children's Village. In 1945, he participated in the establishment of the China Association for the Promotion of Democracy. After 1946, he served as executive director and general manager of Shanghai Antong Transportation Company and Shanghai Huatong Transportation Company. In 1949, he served as Director General of the Shanghai Interim Joint Relief Committee, Standing Committee Member and Vice Chairman of the China People's Committee for the Defense of World Peace, and Standing Committee Member of the Asian-African Solidarity Committee. After 1950, he served as Vice Chairman and Secretary-General of the Shanghai City Branch of the China People's Relief Federation, Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs and the Ministry of Personnel of East China, and Deputy Director of the Political and Legal Committee of the Shanghai City People's Government. After 1953, he served as Vice President and Secretary-General of China Buddhist Association, Director of China Writers Association, Vice President of China-Japan Friendship Association, Vice President of China-Myanmar Friendship Association, Vice President and Honorary Vice President of China Red Cross Society, and Vice President of China People's Association for Peace and Disarmament. After 1980, he served as President of China Buddhist Association, President of China Buddhist Academy, Advisor to the Senior Buddhist Academy of China Tibetan Language Department, Chairman of China Religious Peace Committee, and Vice Chairman of China Calligraphers Association. Comrade Zhao Puchu was a member and standing committee member of the Shanghai City CPPCC and a representative of the Shanghai City People's Congress. He was a representative of the First, Second, Third, Fourth and Fifth National People's Congress. As a representative of the patriotic religious community, he participated in the first plenary session of the China People's Political Consultative Conference. He served as a member of the first, second and third National Committees of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, a member of the Standing Committee of the Fourth and Fifth National Committees of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, and Vice Chairman of the Sixth, Seventh and Eighth National Committees of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. Comrade Zhao Puchu is a famous social activist, a great patriot, and a close friend of the Communist Party of China. He pursued progress and explored the truth all his life, diligently pursued it, and was unwavering. In the long years of nearly 70 years, he has stood together through thick and thin with the Communist Party of China, working closely together, and made irreplaceable and outstanding contributions to the cause of China's people's liberation and socialist construction, benefiting society and revitalizing China. As early as the Great Revolution, young Comrade Zhao Puchu witnessed with his own eyes the bullying of the Chinese nation under the barbaric aggression of imperialism and the suffering of the vast number of farmers under the cruel exploitation of feudal landlords, thus establishing the lofty ambition of saving the country and the people. After the "August 13" Anti-Japanese War in Shanghai in 1937, he actively carried out anti-Japanese and national salvation propaganda activities, organized women to support the front, mobilized and covered more than 300 young and middle-aged people to the front line, and tried every means to relieve and resettle refugees. After the fall of Shanghai, he risked his life and overcome numerous difficulties to actively contact the New Fourth Army. He sent more than a thousand trained young and middle-aged refugees to the headquarters of the New Fourth Army in southern Anhui in batches, and then sent them to southern and northern Jiangsu to participate in the War of Resistance. In 1938, he joined the Shanghai Yiyou Society, a professional national salvation organization, and served as chairman. He participated in the Star II dinner party organized by the Anti-Japanese United Front for People from All walks of life in Shanghai and its core organization, the Star Six dinner party, actively promoted anti-Japanese ideas, united patriots, and carried out secret struggle. After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, Comrade Zhao Puchu hated the dark rule of the Kuomintang's reactionary dictatorship, actively participated in the patriotic democratic movement to fight for democracy, oppose civil war, and rescue the people, and ushered in the liberation of Shanghai. In the early 1950s, New China was in ruins and needed to be prosperous. During his tenure as deputy minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs and the Ministry of Personnel of East China, Comrade Zhao Puchu did a lot of work for economic recovery and stability of people's lives in East China and Shanghai. As vice president of the Buddhist Association, Comrade Zhao Puchu called on Buddhists to work with the people of the country to closely unite around the Communist Party of China and the People's Government to work hard to realize the first Five-Year Plan. At the moment of national danger and in the process of founding New China, Comrade Zhao Puchu stood with the Communist Party of China and the people of the whole country unswervingly, closely connected with the destiny of the country and the nation, demonstrating his noble sentiments of loving the motherland, the people, and the Communist Party of China. Comrade Zhao Puchu is one of the founders of China Association for the Promotion of Democracy. On December 30, 1945, Comrade Zhao Puchu, Ma Xulun, Wang Shaoao, Lin Handa, Zhou Jianren, Lei Jieqiong and others established a political party-China Association for the Promotion of Democracy with the purpose of "promoting the spirit of democracy and promoting the realization of China's democratic politics." Since then, Comrade Zhao Puchu has served successively as deputy director of the Shanghai Branch of the Democratic Progressive Party, chairman of the Shanghai Municipal Committee of the Democratic Progressive Party, member, standing committee member and vice chairman of the Central Committee of the Democratic Progressive Party, and director of the Senate Committee of the Central Committee of the Democratic Progressive Party. He is a highly respected and outstanding leader of the China Association for the Promotion of Democracy. Comrade Zhao Puchu has always loved the Communist Party of China and consistently supported the leadership of the Communist Party of China. He had close friendship with Mao Zedong, Zhou Enlai, Deng Xiaoping, Jiang Zemin and other three generations of leaders of the CPC Central Committee. He has long served as a leadership position in the Central Committee of the Democratic Progressive Party and the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. He has actively provided suggestions and suggestions, played his role in participating in the discussion of state affairs and democratic supervision, carried forward the fine tradition of unity and cooperation with the Communist Party of China, consolidated and developed the patriotic united front, and adhered to the leadership of the Communist Party of China. The multi-party cooperation and political consultation system has devoted his blood and sweat and made important contributions to building the cause of socialism with Chinese characteristics. Comrade Zhao Puchu is an outstanding patriotic religious leader. He has extensive influence in religious circles at home and abroad, and is deeply respected and loved by the majority of Buddhists and religious believers. He has deep Buddhist attainments, and works such as "Buddhist Common Sense Questions and Answers" are highly praised by the Buddhist community. They have been reprinted many times and have been widely circulated. Since his youth, he has carefully studied the theory of socialism. After a long period of searching, he gradually realized that only the Communist Party of China can best represent the will and interests of the working people of China. Only by following the path of socialism can China build a prosperous and powerful new society. As a leader of the new generation of religious circles in China, Comrade Zhao Puchu integrated the teachings of Buddhism into the great cause of building socialism with China characteristics led by the Communist Party of China; into the great cause of safeguarding the dignity of the nation and the country, safeguarding the integrity of the country's territory and sovereignty, and promoting the peaceful reunification of the motherland; into the great cause of promoting friendly exchanges between the Buddhist community of China and the Buddhist communities of other countries around the world. He fully discussed the issue of coordination between religion and socialist society, pointing out that the party and the state fully respect and protect citizens 'rights to freedom of religious belief in terms of policies and laws, while religious believers must love the country and religion, abide by disciplines and laws, and support the leadership of the party, repay the kindness of the country and all living beings, and actively contribute to the construction of socialist material civilization and spiritual civilization. He warned Buddhist disciples that the interests of Buddhism must be combined with the interests of the people. Our life is like a drop of water. As long as we are willing to put it into the sea of the people, this drop of water will never dry up. Comrade Zhao Puchu firmly supports a series of principles, policies and important instructions on religious work formulated by the Party Central Committee, actively assists the Party and the government in comprehensively and correctly implementing the policy of freedom of religious belief, strengthens the management of religious affairs, and actively guides religion to adapt to socialist society. In a highly responsible spirit, Comrade Zhao Puchu frankly put forward many valuable opinions and suggestions on religious theory and work in the primary stage of socialism. He actively promoted unity and stability among religious circles across the country. He enthusiastically supported the work carried out by the 10th Panchen Lama to develop Tibetan Buddhist culture, establish normal order in Tibetan Buddhism, safeguard the unity of the motherland and ethnic unity, and oppose the activities of foreign forces to split the motherland. He actively supported the 11th Panchen Lama, which was established in accordance with religious rituals and historical conventions, drawn lots from a golden vase, and reported to the central government for approval, and enthusiastically cared about the cultivation and education of the 11th Panchen Lama. He fulfilled his duties and worked hard to make outstanding contributions to the theory and practice of adapting religion to socialist society. Comrade Zhao Puchu devoted his life to friendly exchanges between China and foreign countries. In 1951, Comrade Zhao Puchu, on behalf of the Buddhist community in China, took the initiative to send a statue of Guanyin to the Buddhist community in Japan, opening the door to friendly exchanges between China and Japan. Immediately, the Japanese Buddhist community launched an activity to escort the ashes of China martyrs who died in Japan during World War II back to the motherland, which was highly praised by Premier Zhou Enlai. Comrade Zhao Puchu attended many conferences on banning atomic bombs and hydrogen bombs to safeguard peace as a team leader. In March 1961, he went to New Delhi, India to attend the World Peace Council. Before the meeting, he was invited to attend the conference commemorating the 100th anniversary of Tagore's birth. On the spot, he sternly refuted the sudden malicious attack launched by some anti-China forces and Comrade Zhao Puchu's actions to safeguard national dignity., won applause from the venue and warm congratulations from various delegations, and Vice Premier Chen Yi also spoke highly of it. In 1962, Comrade Zhao Puchu proposed that the Buddhist circles of China and Japan jointly commemorate the 1200th anniversary of the death of Monk Jianzhen. The Buddhist circles of Japan held a massive commemorative event to widely publicize the tradition of Sino-Japanese friendship. In 1980, he promoted and organized the return of the statue of Monk Jianzhen to visit relatives in China, setting off a climax of people-to-people friendly exchanges between China and Japan and laying a mass foundation for the normalization of diplomatic relations between China and Japan. In 1993, Comrade Zhao Puchu proposed the idea that Buddhism is the "golden link" for friendly exchanges between China, Japan and South Korea. It was unanimously recognized by the Buddhist circles in South Korea and Japan, and held Buddhist friendly exchange meetings among the three countries in China, South Korea and Japan in turn. These activities have given full play to the positive role of religion in international exchanges, widely publicized the religious policies of the China government to people around the world, deepened the friendship between the China people and the people of the world, and contributed to maintaining peace in Asia and the world. Comrade Zhao Puchu has always cared about the great cause of peaceful reunification of the motherland, actively carried out friendly exchanges and contacts with the Buddhist circles of overseas Chinese in Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macao and overseas, and resolutely fought against remarks and actions that undermined the cause of peaceful reunification of the motherland. In July 1999, when Lee Teng-hui went against the trend of world peace and the will of the reunification of the Chinese nation, and openly advocated the "two-state theory", Comrade Zhao Puchu, who was already in his 80s and had been sick for a long time, made a solemn speech and severely condemned Lee Teng-hui's fallacy. When his life was in danger, he still thought of his old friends and old friends in Taiwan and cared about the reunification of the motherland. Comrade Zhao Puchu is a well-known writer, poet and master calligraphy at home and abroad. He has a very superb and in-depth study of China classical literature, and has achieved high attainments in poetry, music and calligraphy. His poetry and music works have been compiled into "Drips Collection" and "Shipianji Collection", many of which are widely read at home and abroad. His calligraphy works are handsome and beautiful and have long been famous in the calligraphy world. Comrade Zhao Puchu was also a philanthropist with charity in mind. He had been engaged in social relief and disaster relief work for a long time and did many charities. Until his later years, when he was frail and sick, he personally raised disaster relief funds for areas affected by earthquakes and floods. He took the lead in donating large amounts of personal money to natural disasters and the Hope Project. He made a will before his death, asking doctors to use his body as much as possible for treatment of sick and wounded. He expressed his view of life and death in his will: "Life is always happy, but death has no regrets. The flowers bloom when they fall, and the water flow continues. What do I have, who rest in peace? There is no need to search for the bright moon and the breeze." It fully demonstrated Comrade Zhao Puchu's spiritual realm. Comrade Zhao Puchu's life was a life of constantly exploring truth and pursuing progress. Under the leadership of the Communist Party of China, he was loyal to the cause of the country and the people and struggled endlessly. Comrade Zhao Puchu is open-minded, understands the general situation, takes into account the overall situation, is strict with himself, treats others lenient, lives a simple life, is honest and honest, and enjoys high prestige and wide praise at home and abroad. Comrade Zhao Puchu will always be worthy of people's respect and remembrance. On May 6, 1980, Comrade Deng Xiaoping met with Japanese friends such as Elder Takushiro Morimoto of the Tangzhao Temple, Japan, who had come to participate in the tour of the statue of Master Jianzhen back home. Jianzhen Premier Zhou Enlai and Zhao Puchu (center) are together. Prince Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia was present.On May 21, 2000 (April 18, 2000 in the lunar calendar), Zhao Puchu, a Buddhist leader of China, passed away. On June 30, 1958, Chairman Mao Zedong received a Cambodia Buddhist delegation led by Master Hu Da. Zhao Puchu (center), Vice President of the Buddhist Association of China, attended the meeting with Comrade Zhao Puchu, Vice Chairman of the Ninth National Committee of the China People's Political Consultative Conference, Honorary Chairman of the Central Committee of China Association for the Promotion of Democracy, President of China Buddhist Association, a famous social activist, outstanding patriotic religious leader, and close friend of the Communist Party of China, died in Beijing on May 21, 2000 due to illness at the age of 93. Comrade Zhao Puchu was born on November 5, 1907 in Taihu County, Anhui Province. In his early years, he studied at Soochow University in Suzhou. After 1928, he served as Secretary of the Shanghai Jiangsu and Zhejiang Buddhist Federation, Secretary of the Shanghai Buddhist Association, President of the "Buddhist Jingye Society", and President of Siming Bank. After 1938, he served as a director of the Shanghai Cultural Community National Salvation Association, Secretary and Chief Secretary of the Buddhist Association of China, member of the Standing Committee of the Shanghai Cilian Relief Theater Refugee Committee and Director of the Detention Unit, Vice President of Shanghai Jingye Street Children's Rehabilitation Institute, and Village Head of Shanghai Children's Village. In 1945, he participated in the establishment of the China Association for the Promotion of Democracy. After 1946, he served as executive director and general manager of Shanghai Antong Transportation Company and Shanghai Huatong Transportation Company. In 1949, he served as Director General of the Shanghai Interim Joint Relief Committee, Standing Committee Member and Vice Chairman of the China People's Committee for the Defense of World Peace, and Standing Committee Member of the Asian-African Solidarity Committee. After 1950, he served as Vice Chairman and Secretary-General of the Shanghai City Branch of the China People's Relief Federation, Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs and the Ministry of Personnel of East China, and Deputy Director of the Political and Legal Committee of the Shanghai City People's Government. After 1953, he served as Vice President and Secretary-General of China Buddhist Association, Director of China Writers Association, Vice President of China-Japan Friendship Association, Vice President of China-Myanmar Friendship Association, Vice President and Honorary Vice President of China Red Cross Society, and Vice President of China People's Association for Peace and Disarmament. After 1980, he served as President of China Buddhist Association, President of China Buddhist Academy, Advisor to the Senior Buddhist Academy of China Tibetan Language Department, Chairman of China Religious Peace Committee, and Vice Chairman of China Calligraphers Association. Comrade Zhao Puchu was a member and standing committee member of the Shanghai City CPPCC and a representative of the Shanghai City People's Congress. He was a representative of the First, Second, Third, Fourth and Fifth National People's Congress. As a representative of the patriotic religious community, he participated in the first plenary session of the China People's Political Consultative Conference. He served as a member of the first, second and third National Committees of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, a member of the Standing Committee of the Fourth and Fifth National Committees of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, and Vice Chairman of the Sixth, Seventh and Eighth National Committees of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. Comrade Zhao Puchu is a famous social activist, a great patriot, and a close friend of the Communist Party of China. He pursued progress and explored the truth all his life, diligently pursued it, and was unwavering. In the long years of nearly 70 years, he has stood together through thick and thin with the Communist Party of China, working closely together, and made irreplaceable and outstanding contributions to the cause of China's people's liberation and socialist construction, benefiting society and revitalizing China. As early as the Great Revolution, young Comrade Zhao Puchu witnessed with his own eyes the bullying of the Chinese nation under the barbaric aggression of imperialism and the suffering of the vast number of farmers under the cruel exploitation of feudal landlords, thus establishing the lofty ambition of saving the country and the people. After the "August 13" Anti-Japanese War in Shanghai in 1937, he actively carried out anti-Japanese and national salvation propaganda activities, organized women to support the front, mobilized and covered more than 300 young and middle-aged people to the front line, and tried every means to relieve and resettle refugees. After the fall of Shanghai, he risked his life and overcome numerous difficulties to actively contact the New Fourth Army. He sent more than a thousand trained young and middle-aged refugees to the headquarters of the New Fourth Army in southern Anhui in batches, and then sent them to southern and northern Jiangsu to participate in the War of Resistance. In 1938, he joined the Shanghai Yiyou Society, a professional national salvation organization, and served as chairman. He participated in the Star II dinner party organized by the Anti-Japanese United Front for People from All walks of life in Shanghai and its core organization, the Star Six dinner party, actively promoted anti-Japanese ideas, united patriots, and carried out secret struggle. After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, Comrade Zhao Puchu hated the dark rule of the Kuomintang's reactionary dictatorship, actively participated in the patriotic democratic movement to fight for democracy, oppose civil war, and rescue the people, and ushered in the liberation of Shanghai. In the early 1950s, New China was in ruins and needed to be prosperous. During his tenure as deputy minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs and the Ministry of Personnel of East China, Comrade Zhao Puchu did a lot of work for economic recovery and stability of people's lives in East China and Shanghai. As vice president of the Buddhist Association, Comrade Zhao Puchu called on Buddhists to work with the people of the country to closely unite around the Communist Party of China and the People's Government to work hard to realize the first Five-Year Plan. At the moment of national danger and in the process of founding New China, Comrade Zhao Puchu stood with the Communist Party of China and the people of the whole country unswervingly, closely connected with the destiny of the country and the nation, demonstrating his noble sentiments of loving the motherland, the people, and the Communist Party of China. Comrade Zhao Puchu is one of the founders of China Association for the Promotion of Democracy. On December 30, 1945, Comrade Zhao Puchu, Ma Xulun, Wang Shaoao, Lin Handa, Zhou Jianren, Lei Jieqiong and others established a political party-China Association for the Promotion of Democracy with the purpose of "promoting the spirit of democracy and promoting the realization of China's democratic politics." Since then, Comrade Zhao Puchu has served successively as deputy director of the Shanghai Branch of the Democratic Progressive Party, chairman of the Shanghai Municipal Committee of the Democratic Progressive Party, member, standing committee member and vice chairman of the Central Committee of the Democratic Progressive Party, and director of the Senate Committee of the Central Committee of the Democratic Progressive Party. He is a highly respected and outstanding leader of the China Association for the Promotion of Democracy. Comrade Zhao Puchu has always loved the Communist Party of China and consistently supported the leadership of the Communist Party of China. He had close friendship with Mao Zedong, Zhou Enlai, Deng Xiaoping, Jiang Zemin and other three generations of leaders of the CPC Central Committee. He has long served as a leadership position in the Central Committee of the Democratic Progressive Party and the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. He has actively provided suggestions and suggestions, played his role in participating in the discussion of state affairs and democratic supervision, carried forward the fine tradition of unity and cooperation with the Communist Party of China, consolidated and developed the patriotic united front, and adhered to the leadership of the Communist Party of China. The multi-party cooperation and political consultation system has devoted his blood and sweat and made important contributions to building the cause of socialism with Chinese characteristics. Comrade Zhao Puchu is an outstanding patriotic religious leader. He has extensive influence in religious circles at home and abroad, and is deeply respected and loved by the majority of Buddhists and religious believers. He has deep Buddhist attainments, and works such as "Buddhist Common Sense Questions and Answers" are highly praised by the Buddhist community. They have been reprinted many times and have been widely circulated. Since his youth, he has carefully studied the theory of socialism. After a long period of searching, he gradually realized that only the Communist Party of China can best represent the will and interests of the working people of China. Only by following the path of socialism can China build a prosperous and powerful new society. As a leader of the new generation of religious circles in China, Comrade Zhao Puchu integrated the teachings of Buddhism into the great cause of building socialism with China characteristics led by the Communist Party of China; into the great cause of safeguarding the dignity of the nation and the country, safeguarding the integrity of the country's territory and sovereignty, and promoting the peaceful reunification of the motherland; into the great cause of promoting friendly exchanges between the Buddhist community of China and the Buddhist communities of other countries around the world. He fully discussed the issue of coordination between religion and socialist society, pointing out that the party and the state fully respect and protect citizens 'rights to freedom of religious belief in terms of policies and laws, while religious believers must love the country and religion, abide by disciplines and laws, and support the leadership of the party, repay the kindness of the country and all living beings, and actively contribute to the construction of socialist material civilization and spiritual civilization. He warned Buddhist disciples that the interests of Buddhism must be combined with the interests of the people. Our life is like a drop of water. As long as we are willing to put it into the sea of the people, this drop of water will never dry up. Comrade Zhao Puchu firmly supports a series of principles, policies and important instructions on religious work formulated by the Party Central Committee, actively assists the Party and the government in comprehensively and correctly implementing the policy of freedom of religious belief, strengthens the management of religious affairs, and actively guides religion to adapt to socialist society. In a highly responsible spirit, Comrade Zhao Puchu frankly put forward many valuable opinions and suggestions on religious theory and work in the primary stage of socialism. He actively promoted unity and stability among religious circles across the country. He enthusiastically supported the work carried out by the 10th Panchen Lama to develop Tibetan Buddhist culture, establish normal order in Tibetan Buddhism, safeguard the unity of the motherland and ethnic unity, and oppose the activities of foreign forces to split the motherland. He actively supported the 11th Panchen Lama, which was established in accordance with religious rituals and historical conventions, drawn lots from a golden vase, and reported to the central government for approval, and enthusiastically cared about the cultivation and education of the 11th Panchen Lama. He fulfilled his duties and worked hard to make outstanding contributions to the theory and practice of adapting religion to socialist society. Comrade Zhao Puchu devoted his life to friendly exchanges between China and foreign countries. In 1951, Comrade Zhao Puchu, on behalf of the Buddhist community in China, took the initiative to send a statue of Guanyin to the Buddhist community in Japan, opening the door to friendly exchanges between China and Japan. Immediately, the Japanese Buddhist community launched an activity to escort the ashes of China martyrs who died in Japan during World War II back to the motherland, which was highly praised by Premier Zhou Enlai. Comrade Zhao Puchu attended many conferences on banning atomic bombs and hydrogen bombs to safeguard peace as a team leader. In March 1961, he went to New Delhi, India to attend the World Peace Council. Before the meeting, he was invited to attend the conference commemorating the 100th anniversary of Tagore's birth. On the spot, he sternly refuted the sudden malicious attack launched by some anti-China forces and Comrade Zhao Puchu's actions to safeguard national dignity., won applause from the venue and warm congratulations from various delegations, and Vice Premier Chen Yi also spoke highly of it. In 1962, Comrade Zhao Puchu proposed that the Buddhist circles of China and Japan jointly commemorate the 1200th anniversary of the death of Monk Jianzhen. The Buddhist circles of Japan held a massive commemorative event to widely publicize the tradition of Sino-Japanese friendship. In 1980, he promoted and organized the return of the statue of Monk Jianzhen to visit relatives in China, setting off a climax of people-to-people friendly exchanges between China and Japan and laying a mass foundation for the normalization of diplomatic relations between China and Japan. In 1993, Comrade Zhao Puchu proposed the idea that Buddhism is the "golden link" for friendly exchanges between China, Japan and South Korea. It was unanimously recognized by the Buddhist circles in South Korea and Japan, and held Buddhist friendly exchange meetings among the three countries in China, South Korea and Japan in turn. These activities have given full play to the positive role of religion in international exchanges, widely publicized the religious policies of the China government to people around the world, deepened the friendship between the China people and the people of the world, and contributed to maintaining peace in Asia and the world. Comrade Zhao Puchu has always cared about the great cause of peaceful reunification of the motherland, actively carried out friendly exchanges and contacts with the Buddhist circles of overseas Chinese in Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macao and overseas, and resolutely fought against remarks and actions that undermined the cause of peaceful reunification of the motherland. In July 1999, when Lee Teng-hui went against the trend of world peace and the will of the reunification of the Chinese nation, and openly advocated the "two-state theory", Comrade Zhao Puchu, who was already in his 80s and had been sick for a long time, made a solemn speech and severely condemned Lee Teng-hui's fallacy. When his life was in danger, he still thought of his old friends and old friends in Taiwan and cared about the reunification of the motherland. Comrade Zhao Puchu is a well-known writer, poet and master calligraphy at home and abroad. He has a very superb and in-depth study of China classical literature, and has achieved high attainments in poetry, music and calligraphy. His poetry and music works have been compiled into "Drips Collection" and "Shipianji Collection", many of which are widely read at home and abroad. His calligraphy works are handsome and beautiful and have long been famous in the calligraphy world. Comrade Zhao Puchu was also a philanthropist with charity in mind. He had been engaged in social relief and disaster relief work for a long time and did many charities. Until his later years, when he was frail and sick, he personally raised disaster relief funds for areas affected by earthquakes and floods. He took the lead in donating large amounts of personal money to natural disasters and the Hope Project. He made a will before his death, asking doctors to use his body as much as possible for treatment of sick and wounded. He expressed his view of life and death in his will: "Life is always happy, but death has no regrets. The flowers bloom when they fall, and the water flow continues. What do I have, who rest in peace? There is no need to search for the bright moon and the breeze." It fully demonstrated Comrade Zhao Puchu's spiritual realm. Comrade Zhao Puchu's life was a life of constantly exploring truth and pursuing progress. Under the leadership of the Communist Party of China, he was loyal to the cause of the country and the people and struggled endlessly. Comrade Zhao Puchu is open-minded, understands the general situation, takes into account the overall situation, is strict with himself, treats others lenient, lives a simple life, is honest and honest, and enjoys high prestige and wide praise at home and abroad. Comrade Zhao Puchu will always be worthy of people's respect and remembrance. On May 6, 1980, Comrade Deng Xiaoping met with Japanese friends such as Elder Takushiro Morimoto of the Tangzhao Temple, Japan, who had come to participate in the tour of the statue of Master Jianzhen back home. Jianzhen Premier Zhou Enlai and Zhao Puchu (center) are together. Prince Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia was present.