Dao’an: Quick Facts

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Faxian

Chinese Buddhist monk

Xuanzang

Buddhist monk

Ram Mohan Roy

Indian religious leader

Mar-pa

Buddhist scholar

Kumarajiva

Buddhist scholar

Rin-chen-bzang-po

Buddhist monk

Paramārtha

Indian Buddhist missionary and translator

’Brom-ston

Tibetan Buddhist monk

Laozi

Chinese Daoist philosopher

Lu Xun

Chinese writer

Guo Moruo

Chinese scholar

Ba Jin

Chinese author

Li Zhizao

Chinese mathematician and astronomer

Hui-neng

Buddhist patriarch

Liang Shiqiu

Chinese author

Mu Dan

Chinese poet and translator

Zhou Zuoren

Chinese author and scholar

Tao Hongjing

Chinese Daoist

Lin Yutang

Chinese author

Yan Fu

Chinese scholar