Thanks to someone asking about mantras, I stumbled upon this webpage on:
A Pictorial Biography of the Venerable Master Hsu Yun
Venerable Master Hsu Yun was born in 1840 and lived to 120 years of age, living through age-old Qing dynasty in China, through turbulent China, through the japanese occupation, and communist revolution. He endured lots of bitter hardship throughout his life and rebuilt many monasteries back to order.
Part 1
http://www.drbachinese.org/online_reading/sf_others/VM_HsuYun_Bio_01/contents.htm
Part 2
http://www.drbachinese.org/online_reading/sf_others/VM_HsuYun_Bio_02/contents_105_120.htm
《百年虚云》- Master Hsu Yun - Biography TV Series 20 Episodes
http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMTU5MDk4MTc2.html
http://baike.baidu.com/view/3649360.htm
Highly recommended.
thanks ZeroThought and Jiexi2007... Hsu Yun is one of my idols...