Faxian

male
Liu Song Buddhist, JinDynastyBuddhist, Memoirs of Marvellous Monk, Buddhist scripture, Fa-hsien, Qingzhou…Chinese Buddhist, Buddhist, ming dynasty
Faxian (also romanized as "Fa-Hien" or "Fa-hsien") (ca. 337 - ca. 422) was a Chinese Buddhist monk, who, between 399 and 412 travelled to India and...
Tao Sheng

Tao Sheng

male, deceased (434)
Liù Cháo, Liu Song Buddhist, JinDynastyBuddhist, Dharmakshema, Chinese Buddhist, Chinese Buddhism…Buddhist
Tao Sheng was an eminent Liù Cháo era Chinese Buddhist scholar. Born in Peng-cheng, he studied in Jiankang under Chu Fa-t'ai, and later at Lu...
Dao An

Dao An

male, deceased (385)
JinDynastyBuddhist, Xiangyang, Jin Dynasty, chinese, Emperor Xiaowu, Translator…Eastern Jin Dynasty, Buddhist
Dao An (312-385 AD) was a Buddhist monk of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, originating from what is now Hebei Province. Mainly important today as a...

Dharmakṣema

male, deceased (433)
buddhist monk, Chinese language, chinese, kashmir, Northern Liang, Nirvana Sutra…Buddhist literature, JinDynastyBuddhist, Liu Song Buddhist
Dharmakṣema was a Buddhist monk, originally from Central India, who went to China after studies in Kashmir and Kucha. Arriving in Guzang, No...

Dharmarakṣa

male
JinDynastyBuddhist, Mahayana, Buddhism, luoyang, Chinese language, lotus sutra…Buddhist
Dharmarakṣa was one of the greatest translators of Mahayana Buddhist scriptures into Chinese. Scriptural catalogues describe him as of Yuezhi or...

Emperor Gong Of Jin

male, deceased (421)
Liu Song Buddhist, JinDynastyBuddhist, developmentally disabled, Liu Song, Jin Dynasty emperor, chinese…Jin Dynasty, Buddhist
Emperor Gong of Jin (Simplified Chinese character: 晋恭帝, Traditional Chinese character: 晉恭帝, Pinyin Jìn Gōngdì, Wade-Giles Chin Kung-ti) (386-4...
Xie Lingyun

Xie Lingyun

male, deceased (433)
Taikang, Taikang, Henan, Jin Dynasty poet, Shangyu, Zhejiang, Liu Song Buddhist, JinDynastyBuddhist…Eastern Jin, Jin Dynasty, jin, Buddhist
Xie Lingyun, also known as the Duke of Kangle, was one of the foremost Chinese poet of the Southern and Northern Dynasties. Born in Shangyu,...
Empress Chu Suanzi

Empress Chu Suanzi

male, deceased (384)
JinDynastyBuddhist, Jin Dynasty regents, Emperor Ai, Jin Dynasty, Jin Dynasty empress, Regents of China
Empress Chu Suanzi (324-384), formally Empress Kangxian, at times as Empress Dowager Chongde (崇德太后), was an empress of Jin Dynasty (265-420...

Buttocho

male, deceased (348)
Buddhist, luoyang, kashmir, Later Zhao, Chinese Buddhism, Buddhism in China…JinDynastyBuddhist
Buttocho was a Buddhist monk from Kucha. He studied in Kashmir and came to Luoyang in 310, active in the spread of Buddhism in China. He succeeded...