ABSTRACT
Originally called the Tao Yuan (mil) or Garden of the Way, the new religion spread like wildfire throughout China and, by 1928 counted two hundred branches. Ten years later this figure rose to five hundred, and overseas lodges were founded in Malaya and Japan. Under the title of the World Red Swastika Society ( iit~tu:~*1r ) its aims were the rejuvenation of its members, and the concentration on acts of benevolence. The society practises three forms of service to mankind, educational, medical, and relief work in the form of charity. Most of the lodges maintain a school for poor children, and a clinic for those who cannot afford medical fees and drugs. In accordance with the reverence shown by all Chinese to the sacred mountain T'ai Shan (.$/lt ) the mother temple was erected at Tsinan Fu, the capital of the province, and services were held on the Hill of a Thousand Buddhas itself.
