Master Hui Yuan
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- Chinese : 慧遠
Hui Yuan (334-416 AD), who founded a monastery in Jiangxi province and wrote the text A Monk Does Not Bow Down Before A King in 404 AD. He was born in Shansi, China and died in Hupeh. He lived in the Eastern Jin Dynasty.
Hui Yuan began studying Zhuangzi and Laozi but at the age of 21 he was converted in Hebei Province by Dao An. Later, he lived at East Forest Temple (東林寺) at Mount Lushan. His teachings were various, including the vinaya (戒律), meditation (禪法), abhidharma and Prajna or wisdom. He was posthumously named the First Patriarch of the Chinese Pure Land School.
His disciples included Huiguan (慧觀), Sengji (僧濟), and Faan (法安).
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