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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
Lu Hsiu-ching
Chinese Daoist
A sculpture of Laozi
Laozi
Chinese Daoist philosopher
Mao Chang
Chinese scholar
Liu An
Chinese scholar
Tu Kuang-t’ing
Taoist scholar
Judah ha-Nasi
Jewish scholar
Daigak Guksa
Buddhist priest
Amram bar Sheshna
Jewish scholar
al-Tirmidhī
Muslim scholar
Haribhadra
Indian author
Andronicus Of Rhodes
Greek philosopher
’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
Faxian
Chinese Buddhist monk
Dong Zhongshu
Chinese scholar
Zhou Dunyi
Chinese philosopher
Liu Hui
Chinese mathematician
Ye Shengtao
Chinese author