| Wang Hao De | |
| Names | |
|---|---|
| Known in English as: | Wang Hao De |
| Chinese: | 王好德 |
| Hanyu Pinyin: | Wáng Hǎodé |
| Wade-Giles: | Wang Hao-te |
| Family name: | Wang |
| Chinese: | 王 |
| Given | names |
| Haode (好德) | |
| Courtesy name : | Gaoshan (高山) |
| Pseudonym : | Gaoshan Yuren (高山愚人) |
Wang Hao-te (1921–1999) is the founder of the Maitreya Great Tao religion (Chinese: 彌勒大道; pinyin: Mílè Dà Dào), which is based in Hsin Chu, Taiwan. This sect according to Taiwan's survey in 2004 has 100,000 members and 2000 temples. Wang was born in 1921, the 28th day of the 7th lunar month (August 31, 1921) in a small village called Zhang Gu in Shandong province. He moved to Taiwan as a businessman. He was introduced and initiated to the I-Kuan Tao sect in 1948. He appeared to be a talented businessman and he was entrusted to take care of Sun Su Zhen or "Shi Mu" 師母, the great mistress of I-Kuan Tao. According to his believers Wang served as aide to Shi Mu for 11 years until her death in 1975.
In 1987 Wang set up the Providence Maitreya Buddha Institute (Chinese: 天恩彌勒佛院; pinyin: Tiān'ēn Mílè Fó Yuàn) in Hsin Chu, Taiwan. Wang died in Chiang Mai, Thailand in 1999. Maitreya Great Tao has a large number of follower across more than 60 countries all over the world. Maitreya Great Tao's latest project is to build a bronze statue of Maitreya in Hsin Chu, with a height of 72 m.