Holding a PhD in literature studies from Riso University in Japan, Master Sheng Yen, who inherits Master Yin Shun's dedication to Buddhist studies, took over the Chung Hwa Institute of Buddhist Studies in 1985. The Dharma Drum Mountain Humanities University in Chinshan has already received approval from the Ministry of Education to begin enrolling students after its construction is completed.
擁有日本立正大學文學博士學位的聖嚴法師，承繼印順導師的「學問僧」傳承，早在民國 74 年就接辦「中華佛學研究所」，未來「法鼓山人文社會大學」也將在金山道場成立，目前已經通過教育部核准，正在興建中。