Hui-yüan: Quick Facts

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Daochuo

Chinese Buddhist monk

Li Shaojun

Chinese Daoist

Wendi

emperor of Sui dynasty

Xuanzang

Buddhist monk

Faxian

Chinese Buddhist monk

Taixu

Chinese Buddhist philosopher

Wudi

emperor of Southern Liang dynasty

Tao Sheng

Chinese Buddhist monk

Mingdi

emperor of Han dynasty

Nefertiti

queen of Egypt

Ramakrishna

Hindu religious leader

Chaitanya

Hindu mystic

Horemheb

king of Egypt

Userkaf

king of Egypt

Nicholas Cabasilas

Greek theologian

Fernand Cabrol

Benedictine monk

Peribsen

king of Egypt

Chen Xianzhang

Chinese scholar

Cui Hao

Chinese adviser

Amoghavajra

Buddhist monk