Monks of the Tang Dynasty.
Luozhou (Yanshi, Henan) is a native of Gou County, with a common surname of Chen.
The world called him Tang Sanzang, because he was good at classics and knew all Buddhist scriptures.
He is an outstanding translator of Chinese classics and the founder of Faxiangzong.
Jian Zhen (687~763)
がんじんん, also known as Jian Zhen, Japanese, a monk in the Tang Dynasty in China, a descendant of Nanshan Sect, the founder of Japanese Buddhism Sect and a famous physician.
The common surname is Chunyu, a native of Jiangyang County, Yangzhou (now Yangzhou, Jiangsu).
In his later years, invited by a Japanese monk, he traveled eastward to preach Dharma, ventured into trouble, became blind, and finally arrived in Nara.
He has made great historical achievements in spreading Buddhism and flourishing Tang culture.
Daoxuan
There was a monk in the Tang Dynasty, whose common surname was Qian, who was born in the Great Wall (now Changxing, Zhejiang).
Becoming a monk in his early years.
Besides studying Hui Yun and Zhi Shou, Fang Guang learned more before he was 30.
He began to write after he was 30 years old. He participated in Xuanzang's translation workshop and was responsible for polishing the text.
His most important achievement is his contribution to the study of law and Buddhist history.
He was the pioneer of Nanshan School, one of the three schools of legalism in Tang Dynasty. He wrote three volumes of quartering, three volumes of quartering, three volumes of quartering and two volumes of quartering.
The most famous works in historiography are 30 volumes of Biographies of Eminent Monks, 30 volumes of Hong Guangming and Records of the Temple in the Tang Dynasty 10.
There are more than a thousand disciples, so-called Nanshan lawyers in the world.
Six ancestors Huineng
He is the real founder of Zen Buddhism, who advocates teaching people not to preach, not to make statements, to be pure in heart, to be original in Buddha nature, to point directly at people's hearts and to regard nature as Buddha.
This is a major reform in the history of Buddhism in the world, especially in China.
After Huineng, Zen spread widely and reached its peak in the late Tang and Five Dynasties.
Zen reached its peak in China, which had a great influence on the development of traditional culture in China.
Zen is characterized by high rationality and almost no theological atmosphere.
The characteristic of meditation is the unity of mind and body.
Later, Zen came to the front of Zen language and presented a debate, which violated the original intention of Zen.
Zen emphasizes the use of mind, aiming at understanding mind, and has made great contributions to the theory and method of China Qigong.
Bodhidharma
Known as Dharma, he is the ancestor of Zen in China.
He was born in South India, Brahmin, and fell in love with Mahayana Buddhism after becoming a monk.
Liang sailed from India to Guangzhou in the middle of the same year (520 ~ 526, the end of the Southern Dynasties and the Song Dynasty), and from here he went north to Wei, where he taught people by Zen.
It is said that he saw the exquisite pagoda building of Yongning Temple in Luoyang. He said that he 150 years old has never been seen in any country. Therefore, the answer of "singing in the south, hands in the sky" added that Buddhism in India, Hinayana has a seat, and the twenty factions have disputes; Mahayana has a middle view, and yoga is empty. There are two situations.
After Buddhism was introduced into China, there was no difference in the size of the scriptures at first, and there was no difference in the establishment. Formed 13 schools: Legalist, Shicheng, Jia She, Sanlun, Prajna, Land Theory, Zen, Shelun, Tiantai, Jing Zong, Wei Zhi, Huayan and Tantric.