His mother is a devout Buddhist, so she has believed in Buddhism since she was a child. From 65438 to 0937, Jiazhen Shen graduated from the Department of Electrical Engineering of Shanghai Jiaotong University and joined the National Government's Resources Committee. After the Marco Polo Bridge Incident broke out, the national government sent him to Berlin to purchase machinery and equipment, and served as the representative of China government to negotiate with Siemens Electric Company. 1939, Germany invaded Poland and the European War broke out. In order to make the machinery and equipment smoothly transported to China, Jiazhen Shen ventured to stay and then passed through Norway. 1940 returned to China, married Ms. Ju Heru (1987- 1988) in Shanghai, and then worked in Kunming Central Power Plant. 1942, in order to buy factory machines, he ventured to Calcutta, India, and met Zhang. 1944 went to Chongqing, served as the deputy director of the Resources Committee, and the second daughter was born.
From 65438 to 0945, Japan surrendered and went to Shanghai as a representative of the Coordination Office of the Resources Committee. 1947 Established Renren Enterprise Company with alumni of Jiaotong University to import grain and flax from the United States and Pakistan to China. He also donated his house and property to set up a livelihood laboratory to help Professor Xie Yuman successfully develop diphtheria vaccine for the first time in China. 65438-0947, resigned from the Resources Committee and founded China Trade and Industry Development Company. 1949, due to the civil war, he moved his company to Hong Kong. 1952, the Jiazhen Shen family immigrated from Hongkong to new york. After emigrating to new york, Jiazhen Shen lost all his property because of the civil war. His family lived in a small apartment in new york, and he began to develop machines and equipment for making ice cream to make a living. However, because of an opportunity, he set up the Atlantic Credit Company with a joint venture of 2000 US dollars with three friends, cooperated with American lawyer White and his American law firm Cardward, negotiated a ship purchase case with a budget of 20 million US dollars for the Turkish government, and began to set foot in the shipping industry.
1955, Lawyer White invited Roger M. Kyes, vice president of American General Motors Company, and Anderson, an American lawyer, to jointly invest with Jiazhen Shen to establish Tellini Ti Shipping Company, with White as chairman and president and Jiazhen Shen as vice president. They negotiated a 15-year contract with the American Gulf Oil Company, and the company's operation was on the right track.
At this time, Anderson was invited by President Eisenhower to join the US government as Treasury Secretary. Keith invited Wilson, who had just stepped down as Secretary of Defense, to become a shareholder, renamed the company Oswego Shipping Company, and merged with American Shipping Company (MTL).
1964, Jiazhen Shen suggested that the company join the Great Lakes route business in North America. 1967, American Shipping Company (ASC) merged with Oswego Company, with Keith as the CEO. Shortly after the death of White and Case, 1970, Jiazhen Shen became the chairman and CEO of American Shipping Company, leading the company. At that time, the Great Lakes route was dominated by Canada, and Jiazhen Shen took the initiative to hand over the dominance of the Great Lakes route to the United States as the main axis of the proposal, asking the US federal government to guarantee and lend Citibank a new fleet. Jiazhen Shen traveled in Washington, D.C., negotiated with the U.S. Department of Commerce, and finally successfully obtained the first bank loan guaranteed by the federal government in the shipping history of the Great Lakes. Based on this loan, Jiazhen Shen bought two new ships and successfully entered the Great Lakes route.
Because of the success of this case, Thomson, the chairman of American General Transportation Company (GATC), decided to buy all the companies under MTL Group at the price of $55 million plus 300,000 shares of the company, provided that Jiazhen Shen continued to be the CEO of American shipping company for at least five years. Jiazhen Shen announced that he would donate some of his shares to the American Buddhist Association, the China-US Association and the Institute of World Religions, with a value of $654.38+$850,000.
After Jiazhen Shen continued as CEO, he continued to expand his fleet. He put forward a new plan to transport coal mines in the midwest of the United States to the east by fleet. 1974, Jiazhen Shen suggested that General Transportation Company invest $654.38+25 million to build a giant dock in Gulf Shipbuilding Company and help American ships buy new ships. 1976, the central and western coal terminal was officially opened, and the price per ton of coal mine was reduced by more than $6, which made the company profitable. However, Jiazhen Shen rejected the request of General Transportation Company to invite him to be the chairman of MTL Group.
1980, Jiazhen Shen retired and devoted himself to promoting Buddhism. Jiazhen Shen lay people began to believe in Buddhism in 1960, and used their vast land in Kent Town, Bonan County, New York to promote Buddhism, calling it a solemn world park.
The religious organizations he founded and promoted include the American Buddhist Association, the Institute of World Religions, the Institute of Translation and the Great Zhuang Yan Temple.
Jiazhen Shen, a Buddhist community in the United States, has believed in Buddhism since childhood. In A.D. 1960, Buddhist Zhang gave a lecture in new york. Jiazhen Shen knew him for a long time and was inspired by him, so he decided to devote himself to promoting Buddhism. 1964 Organized the American Buddhist Association with Master Ledu who preached in San Francisco, with Master Ledu as the first president. 1965, his wife, Ms. Ju and Ru, bought an office building in Brown, new york, donated it to the Buddhist Association of the United States, and established Xueyuan Temple, which became an important town for the spread of China Buddhism in the United States. At that time, the feast master also went to the United States to preach Dharma at the invitation of Jiazhen Shen lay people. From 65438 to 0968, Jiazhen Shen was appointed as the vice president of the American Buddhist Association.
The Institute of World Religions was established in 1970, located in Westchester County, New York, Jiazhen Shen. Its purpose is to cultivate and develop the academic research of world religions and popularize their teachings. Focusing on Christianity, Buddhism, Islam, Judaism and Hinduism, scholars are invited to study and collect precious religious manuscripts and computerize them, and establish catalogues, microfilms and CDs to facilitate the research and preservation of religious documents. 1972 cooperated with new york State University to move the Institute to the fifth floor of Merville Memorial Hall in Shixi Campus of Long Island State University.
1987, Ms. Ju and Ru suffered from bone cancer and died in 1988. In memory of his wife, Jiazhen Shen donated his wife's property in the solemn world to build a "harmonious memorial library". 199 1 year, the institute moved to "Harmony Memorial Library" in Kent Town, Bonan County, new york.
1970, at the same time, he began to promote the English translation of Mahayana Buddhist classics, and with the assistance of Yin Shun's tutor, he established a translation academy in Yanfu Jingshe, Taiwan Province. Jiazhen Shen is the president, Gu Fayan and Ge Benjie are the vice presidents, and Li Hengrong and Xu Weiwen are the consultants. Later, Professor Zhang took over as Dean, translated 22 volumes of the Great Treasure Sutra into English and published it in the United States.
1978, the Feast Master became the dean, and the School of Translation moved to China Buddhist College in Beitou. 1979, Translation College was reorganized and taken over by China Buddhist College.
Grand Zhuang Yan Temple 1975, Mr. and Mrs. Jiazhen Shen dreamed of having a solemn temple and decided to donate part of their land in Kent Town, Bonan County, New York to the American Buddhist Association to create the Grand Zhuang Yan Temple. 1976, three masters, Zhi Min, Ren Jun and Feast, led students from new york University to start building monasteries. The Great Zhuang Yan Temple was donated by Mr. and Mrs. Jiazhen Shen, designed by I.M. Pei and funded by the American Buddhist Association, and gradually took shape.
1980 After his retirement, Jiazhen Shen established a solemn world on the land of Kent Town, Bonan County, New York, and devoted himself to the construction of the Great Zhuang Yan Temple.
Buddhist computer information database Gongxun Society 1994, Shen Naixuan, Yu Lingbo, Zheng and other laymen gathered in the temple, thinking that they should devote themselves to promoting the computerization of Buddhist scriptures. Under the impetus of the planning, under the auspices of Professor Gu Weikang, a Buddhist expert, and a master computer expert, various versions and annotations of Ding's Buddhist Dictionary and Diamond Sutra were digitized by computer for the first time. Shen Naixuan, the founder of Los Angeles Dajue Lotus Society, later joined in, calling on volunteers to digitize all the works of Master Ou Yi.
In the same year, Shen Naixuan, Zhang Jingwen and Chen Junheng visited Taiwan on behalf of the World Religious Society, and were supported by Professor Xie Qingjun from Academia Sinica, Master Fu Guangshan, people from the Buddhist community in Xie Lingling, and Professor Yang Guoping from the Great Wish Foundation. , and formed the China Electronic Buddhism Association. After 1996, the Tripitaka was gradually digitized. Jiazhen Shen Lyman died on June 27th, 2007 at the age of 97. After nirvana, relics 17 tablets were obtained.