What is Wei Chueh?
[[File:Master Wei-Chueh.png|thumb|right|200px|Wei Chueh in July 2010]] '''Wei Chueh''' ({{zh|c=惟覺法師|p=Wéijué}}, 1928 – April 8, 2016) was a [[Chinese people|Chinese]] [[bhikkhu]] (Buddhist monk) in [[Taiwan]]. He was the founder of the [[Chung Tai Shan]] monastery and Buddhist order. Wei Chueh is often credited for reviving the traditional teachings of [[Chan Buddhism]]. Chueh was born in 1928 in [[Xikang]] (modern [[Sichuan]]). Chueh died at the age of 88 on April 8, 2016.<ref>{{cite news|title=Founder of Chung Tai Chan Monastery is dead|url=http://focustaiwan.tw/news/asoc/201604090001.aspx|access-date=9 April 2016|agency=Central News Agency|date=9 April 2016}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Wei, Chueh}} [[Category:1928 births]] [[Category:2016 deaths]] [[Category:Taiwanese religious leaders]] [[Category:Buddhist clergy]] {{bio-stub}}