Lu Hsiu-ching: Quick Facts

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Mao Dun

Chinese author

Tao Hongjing

Chinese Daoist

Tu Kuang-t’ing

Taoist scholar

Laozi

Chinese Daoist philosopher

Liu An

Chinese scholar

Judah ha-Nasi

Jewish scholar

Daigak Guksa

Buddhist priest

al-Tirmidhī

Muslim scholar

’Brom-ston

Tibetan Buddhist monk

Zhuang Zhou

Chinese Daoist philosopher

Xuanzang

Buddhist monk

Faxian

Chinese Buddhist monk

Ye Shengtao

Chinese author

Hui-neng

Buddhist patriarch

Liezi

Daoist philosopher

Zheng Zhenduo

Chinese historian

Zhang Daoling

Chinese religious leader

Zhao Youqin

Chinese astronomer, mathematician, and Daoist

Kou Qianzhi

Chinese Daoist

Li Shaojun

Chinese Daoist