You Benchang
You Ben-Chang
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Born in Taizhou, Jiangsu, You Benchang spent his childhood in Shanghai and Nanjing, where a fortune-teller’s warning led his parents to place him in Fazang Temple at age six; he received monastic ordination and the dharma name Chengpei before joining the Nanjing Song and Dance Troupe after high school and entering Shanghai Theatre Academy in 1952 to study acting. Upon graduating in 1956 he was ass…
Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources
