On the 10th December 1995, Master Zhen Chan passed away suddenly, which was totally unexpected for the whole monastery. During this unusual time,Master Jue Xing, supported by the old masters, such as Ming Ru, Ai Pu, the lay Buddhist Yin Bo, united the disciples in the monastery, shouldered the task of the monastic management courageously and brought a new look to the monastery in the management and faith advancement.

Few people knew the fact that during this unusual time, some masters and Buddhist disciples overseas invited Master Jue Xing many times to go abroad and promise him the condition of settlement, however, Master Jue Xing declined all of them.

Inheritance of the Tradition, Adaptation to the Contemporary Era

In Shanghai Buddhist history there will be such a page:on the 25th November 1999, Shanghai Jade Buddha Monastery held a grand ceremony to celebrate Master Jue Xing to be the abbot. Master Jue Xing formally became the 11th abbot of the monastery.

At 8:30, before the ceremony, in the front of the Great Shrine Hall, the eminent abbots from both China and overseas came to congratulate him, and the leaders of related government departments and China Buddhist Association also attended the ceremony, with a warm and happy atmosphere.

At the ceremony, Master Jue Xing talked about his plan for the development of the Jade Buddha Monastery. He said that there were two guiding principles. One was the adaptation to the socialism with Chinese characteristics to pray for the prosperity of the country and the world peace; the other was the adaptation to the scientific and technological development, that is, to disseminate Buddhism with science and technology.