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eighteen of which he spent doing hard labor. He was released in 1982 and is one of the most respected monks in mainland China. His commentary, delivered in 1989 in Los Angeles, is entitled Chin-kang-ching chiang-shu (Taipei: Fang-kuang Wen-hua Press,
Red Pine • The Diamond Sutra: The Perfection of Wisdom
Sima Qian, the first systematic historian of China, composed a short biography that combined the lives of four Chinese philosophers: Laozi, Zhuangzi, Shenzi, and Hanfeizi.
Laozi • Laozi's Dao De Jing
Yang's successor, Jin Shuren,
Gardner Bovingdon • The Uyghurs: Strangers in Their Own Land
Hung-jan was apparently the first of the Patriarchs to have any large following, for it is said that he presided over a group of some five hundred monks in a monastery on the Yellow Plum Mountain (Wang-mei Shan) at the eastern end of modern Hupeh, He is, however, much overshadowed by his immediate successor, Hui-neng (637–713), whose life and
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Hsuan-tsung(r. 712-756). T’ang-dynasty emperor and supporter of both Buddhism and Taoism during one of the golden ages of Chinese culture. Huai-shen(1077-1132), aka Tz’u-shou. Zen monk of the Yunmen sect. His commentary is quoted by Hung-lien. Huang-po(d. 850), aka Hsi-yun. Dharma heir of Pai-chang. His Zen talks were recorded by prime minister Pei
Red Pine • The Diamond Sutra: The Perfection of Wisdom
