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会元
huì​yuán

top examination scholar

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  • 五灯会元 wǔ​dēng​huì​yuán Wudeng Huiyuan
    Compendium of Five Lamps; a 20-volume Song Dynasty history of Chan (Zen) Buddhism in China compiled by the monk Puji in 1252. It condenses five earlier chronicles of the lineage, teachings, and sayings of Zen masters.