Master Zhen Chan, the tenth abbot of the monastery, was born in Dongtai, Jiangsu Province. His family name was Wang and first name Heshu. Being a child, he became a monk named Zhen Chan and alias Chang Wu at the Jingtu Temple in his hometown Anfeng in 1921. He took old Master Jing Xiu as his teacher and received his full ordination in the Longchang Temple on Mt. Baohua.
      He once studied in many Buddhist colleges, namely, the Qihui Buddhist College in the Sanmo Temple of Dongtai, the Dinghui Temple Buddhist College of Jiaoshan, Zhenjiang, the Zhulin Temple Buddhist College at Jiashan, the Guangxiao Temple Buddhist College at Taizhou, Shanghai Buddhist College, Leng Yan ( Surangama) Buddhist College at the Yuanming Sermon Hall and China Hua Yan Short-term Teachers’ College in Nanjing. He was once the abbot of famous temples, such as the Zhulin Temple in Zhengjiang, the Shilin Temple in Suzhou, and also the dean of Zhulin Temple Buddhist College. A great number of qualified Buddhist monks he brought up are now all over Europe, America, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan.
      In 1942, Abbot Zhen Chan was summoned by his teacher, Master Zhen Hua to assist him in the work of the Shanghai Buddhist College of the Jade Buddha Monastery. He served as prior of the Jade Buddha Monastery, pilgrim receiver, vice-director of Buddhist Believers Office, supervisor of Monastery’s Affairs, director of Monastery’s Affairs Office. He was given the teachings in the Zhulin Temple of Zhenjiang and became the disciple of Masters Shou Zhi, Zhen Hua and Kui Di.
      During the Cultural Revolution, Master Zhen Chan and other five masters stayed firmly in the monastery and lived on pasting paper boxes. They tried every means possible to keep buildings and statues in the monastery from damage and destruction.