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Depicted in a mural painting from the Han dynasty. Shennong ( 神農 ), variously translated as "Divine Farmer" [1] or "Divine Husbandman", born Jiang Shinian ( 姜石年 ), was a mythological Chinese ruler known as the first Yan Emperor who has become a deity in Chinese and Vietnamese folk religion. He is venerated as a culture hero in China ...
1 day ago · Dahui was born in Xuancheng, Anhui, to the Xi (奚) family. He left home at sixteen and became a Buddhist monk at seventeen. His initiatory name was Zong Gao. Following the tradition of the day, he wandered from Chan community to community, seeking instruction.
The word Jingde (景德), the first two characters of the title, refers to the reign name of Emperor Zhenzong of Song, which dates the work to between 1004 and 1007 CE. It is a primary source of information for the history of Chan Buddhism in China, although most scholars interpret the biographies as largely hagiography .
Zen Buddhism. Huángbò Xīyùn ( simplified Chinese: 黄檗希运; traditional Chinese: 黄檗希運; Wade–Giles: Huang-po Hsi-yün; lit. 'Xiyun of Mt. Huangbo ', Japanese: Ōbaku Kiun) (died 850 [a]) was an influential master of Zen Buddhism during the Tang dynasty . Huángbò was a disciple of Baizhang Huaihai (720–814), and the teacher ...
The Trần dynasty's authority and power in the 1370s and 1380s declined steadily after Trần Nghệ Tông 's reign (1370–1372). He had ceded the throne in favor of his son Trần Duệ Tông (r. 1372–77), his grandson Trần Phế Đế (r. 1377–88), and Trần Thuận Tông (r. 1388–98), one of his younger sons. The Trần dynasty ...
Trần Thái Tông. Trần Thái Tông (17 July 1218 – 5 May 1277), personal name Trần Cảnh or Trần Nhật Cảnh, temple name Thái Tông, was the first emperor of the Trần dynasty, reigned Đại Việt for 33 years (1226–58), being Retired Emperor for 19 years. He reigned during the first Mongol invasion of Vietnam before ...
Furong Daokai (1043-1118) ( Chinese: 芙蓉道楷; Japanese: Fuyō Dōkai; Korean: Puyong Togae; Vietnamese: Phù Dung Đạo Khải ), was a Zen Buddhist monk during the Song Dynasty. He was born in a city known at the time as Yizhou, which is the present-day city of Linyi in the southern part of Shandong Province. [1] Along with his fellow ...
