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Yi Xing
Yi Xing male, deceased
Yi Xing, born Zhang Sui (张遂), was a Chinese astronomer, mathematician, mechanical engineer, and Buddhist monk of the Tang Dynasty.
Wu Zetian
Wu Zetian female, deceased
Wu Zetian (625 – December 16, 705), personal name Wu Zhao (武曌), was the only woman in the history of China to assume the title of Emperor. Ruling...
Linji
Linji male, deceased
Línjì Yìxuán (?–866) was the founder of the Linji school of Zen-Chán Buddhism during Tang Dynasty China. Linji was born into a family named Xing (邢...
Huangbo Xiyun
Huangbo Xiyun male, deceased
Huangbo Xiyun (Japanese: "Obaku Kiun") (died 850) was an influential Chinese master of Chan Buddhism. He was born in Fujian, China in the Tang...
Xiao Yu
Xiao Yu male, deceased
Xiao Yu (蕭瑀) (574-647), courtesy name Shiwen (時文), formally Duke Zhenbian of Song (宋貞褊公), was an imperial prince of the Chinese dynasty Liang Dy...
Mo-Ho-Yen
Mo-Ho-Yen male
Mo-ho-yen (n.d.) is a Chinese phonetic approximation of Mahayana, which is more commonly referred to in Chinese by the translation "Dàshēng" (大...
Xuanzang
Xuanzang male, deceased
Xuanzang (was a famous Chinese Buddhist monk, scholar, traveler and translator that brought up the interaction between China and India in the early...
Yunmen Wenyan
Yunmen Wenyan male, deceased
Yúnmén Wényǎn, was a major Chinese Zen master in Tang-era China. He founded one of the five major schools of Chan (Chinese Zen), the "Yunmen Scho...
Layman Pang
Layman Pang male, deceased
Layman Pang was a celebrated lay Buddhist in the Chinese Chán (Zen) tradition. Much like Vimalakīrti, who is said to have lived around the time of...
Mazu Daoyi
Mazu Daoyi male
Mazu Daoyi (WG: Ma-tsu Tao-yi) was a master of the Chinese Ch'an Buddhist lineage. After studying as a young man with the sixth Chan Patriarch,...