Background
Venerable Long General was born in the Jiangsu province of China in 1921.
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Long General
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Career
In 1949, he left Wuchang to Guangzhou and Hong Kong, and in 1956 visited Taiwan.
Achievements
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When Ven Long General was in Penang in 1960 propagating Buddhist dharma, he also began the publication of Buddhist collateral in Malaysia and Singapore. Thereafter in 1964, Venerable Long General stayed settled down in Singapore, gradually relocating the Nanyang Buddhist Bookstore from Penang to Singapore. In November 1973, Venerable Long General was appointed as the Abbot of Leng Foong Prajna Temple. He also participated in the Singapore Buddhist Federation since 1984 before taking on the abbotship of the federation in July 1994. He died in 2011, aged 91.
