近代上海作为全国经济中心,以及其他各种有利因素,使上海佛教慈善事业获得了前所未有的发展,其影响辐射全国。近代上海佛教慈善事业继承和发扬了佛教优良传统,汲取时代理念,积极付诸实践,对当时的社会、民生都产生了积极影响。今天,在鼓励和规范宗教界从事公益慈善事业的时代背景下,探讨近代上海佛教慈善事业的基本特征有着重要的现实意义。 As a national economic center in modern times, Shanghai and other favorable factors have made Shanghai’s Buddhist philanthropy an unprecedented development whose influence has radiated all over the country. In modern times, the Buddhist philanthropy in Shanghai inherited and carried forward the fine traditions of Buddhism. Drawing on the concept of the times and actively putting it into practice, it had a positive impact on the society and livelihood at that time. Today, under the background of encouraging and regulating religious circles to engage in charitable causes of charity, it is of great practical significance to explore the basic characteristics of the Buddhist charity in modern Shanghai.