created sense approved 慧远/慧遠 · huìyuǎn · Huiyuan (Eastern Jin monk) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
慧远 / 慧遠
huìyuǎn
Huiyuan (Eastern Jin monk)
(334–416) A prominent Buddhist monk of the Eastern Jin Dynasty and the founder of the Pure Land school; he established the Donglin Monastery on Mount Lu and is known for promoting the practice of chanting the name of Amitābha Buddha.
慧 (literal) → 慧 · huì · intelligent 远 (literal) → 远/遠 · yuǎn · profound
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created sense approved 慧远/慧遠 · huìyuǎn · Huiyuan (Sui Dynasty monk) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
慧远 / 慧遠
huìyuǎn
Huiyuan (Sui Dynasty monk)
(523–592) A distinguished scholar-monk of the Sui Dynasty, also known as Jingying Huiyuan; he was a prolific author and expert on Buddhist philosophy, specifically noted for writing the "Dacheng Yizhang" (Encyclopedia of Mahayana Buddhism).
慧 (literal) → 慧 · huì · intelligent 远 (literal) → 远/遠 · yuǎn · profound
Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition