Faqing () also known as Shi Faqing (éÂÂæ³ÂåºÂ) was a monk living during the Northern Wei Dynasty, who was the founder of the Mahayana Maitreya Sect (å½ÂÃ¥ÂÂ大ä¹ÂæÂÂ) that formed an army to fight against the Northern Wei Dynasty, slaughtering many peoples, known as the Faqing Rebellion (æ³Âæ ¶ä¹ÂäºÂ).
Fa Qing lived in the Northern Wei dynasty. He was a monk who did not follow the monastic rules of Buddhism and had a wife named Huihui (æ æÂÂ). Fa Qing proclaimed himself as the âÂÂnew BuddhaâÂÂ, and founded the âÂÂMahayana sectâ (大ä¹ÂæÂÂ), that also known as Mahayana Maitreya Sect (å½ÂÃ¥ÂÂ大ä¹ÂæÂÂ). The so-called âÂÂnew Buddhaâ was to quote Buddhist scriptures that âÂÂMaitreya descended to become a BuddhaâÂÂ, and âÂÂMaitreya Buddha replaced Shakyamuni Buddha to save the worldâÂÂ. Fa Qing revised the doctrines of the Wisdom Perfection School in Mahayana Buddhism.
In June of 515, Fa Qing, with the support of Li Guibo, gathered an army in Jizhou (present-day Hebei) to rebel against the rule of the Northern Wei Dynasty in the name of Buddhism. The number of his followers at that time reached more than 50,000.