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Also Known As T’ao Hungching
Born 451 • Nanjing • China
Died 536 (aged 85) • China
Notable Works “Tujing yanyi bencao”
Subjects Of Study Maoshan revelations • Taoism • scripture
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Lu Hsiu-ching
Chinese Daoist
A sculpture of Laozi
Laozi
Chinese Daoist philosopher
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Mao Chang
Chinese scholar
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Liu An
Chinese scholar
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Tu Kuang-t’ing
Taoist scholar
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Judah ha-Nasi
Jewish scholar
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Daigak Guksa
Buddhist priest
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Amram bar Sheshna
Jewish scholar
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al-Tirmidhī
Muslim scholar
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Haribhadra
Indian author
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Andronicus Of Rhodes
Greek philosopher
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’Brom-ston
Tibetan Buddhist monk
Chu Hsi, ink on paper, by an unknown artist; in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
Zhu Xi
Chinese philosopher
Zhuang Zhou
Zhuang Zhou
Chinese Daoist philosopher
Xuanzang
Xuanzang
Buddhist monk
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Faxian
Chinese Buddhist monk
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Dong Zhongshu
Chinese scholar
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Zhou Dunyi
Chinese philosopher
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Liu Hui
Chinese mathematician
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Ye Shengtao
Chinese author