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Also Known As Tao-ch’o
Born 562
Died 645 (aged 83)
Subjects Of Study Amitabha
Hui-yüan
Chinese Buddhist priest
Wendi
emperor of Sui dynasty
Xuanzang
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
Ryōnin
Japanese Buddhist leader
Cui Hao
Chinese adviser
Wang Hongwen
Chinese politician
Gu Kailai
Chinese lawyer
Bo Xilai
Chinese politician
Amoghavajra
Buddhist monk
Chen Xianzhang
Chinese scholar
Buddha
Buddha
founder of Buddhism
Confucius
Confucius
Chinese philosopher
Mao Zedong
Mao Zedong
Chinese leader
The Yongle emperor, detail of a portrait; in the National Palace Museum, Taipei.
Yongle
emperor of Ming dynasty
Kangxi
emperor of Qing dynasty