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Yan Cong (Sui monk)
- Yan Cong (Sui monk)
- (557-610) A high-ranking Buddhist monk of the Northern and Sui dynasties originally named Li Daojiang; he is known for translating over twenty-three volumes of Buddhist scriptures and was renamed Yan Cong during the Northern Zhou dynasty.
- Yan Cong (Tang monk)
- A Tang dynasty monk and art critic active during the Zhenguan period (roughly 635 AD) who wrote the art history text "The Latter Record of Paintings" (Hou Hualu), which evaluated the styles of twenty-seven famous artists from Chang'an.