Kang Senghui

Kang Senghui (traditional: 康僧會; simplified: 康僧会; pinyin: Kāng Sēnghuì; Wade-Giles: K'ang Seng-hui;[1] died 280) was a Buddhist monk and translator during the Three Kingdoms period of ancient China. He was born in Jiaozhi (Chinese 交趾;[2] modern-day northern Vietnam), in the extreme south of the Chinese empire.[3] He was the son of a Sogdian merchant. Kang contributed to the diffusion and translation of Buddhist sutras into the Chinese language. According to legend the first Buddha relic in China appeared in a vase in 248 C.E. so that Kang Senghui would have something to show a local ruler. [4] The king of Wu Sun Quan would unsuccessfully attempt to destroy the tooth, by subjecting it to various tests. [5]

Kang is known as Khương Tăng Hội in Vietnam[6][7] and Thông Biện (1096) claims scriptural traditions from Kang influenced Vietnamese Buddhism, though there is no independent evidence for this tradition.[8]

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References

  1. ↑ Jacques Gernet (31 May 1996). A History of Chinese Civilization. Cambridge University Press. pp. 214–. ISBN 978-0-521-49781-7.
  2. ↑ Trung Huynh (Spring 2016). The Early Development of Buddhism in the Red River Delta Basin, Jiaozhi, and Southern China: The Case of a Sogdian- Jiaozhi Buddhist Monk Kang Senghui 康僧會 (PDF) (A Dissertation Presented to the Faculty of the Department of Religious Studies University of the West In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree Doctor of Philosophy). p. 4.
  3. ↑ Nattier 2008, p. 149.
  4. ↑ Strong 2007, p. 188.
  5. ↑ Strong 2007, p. 192.
  6. ↑ Tai Thu Nguyen (2008). The History of Buddhism in Vietnam. CRVP. pp. 36–. ISBN 978-1-56518-098-7.
  7. ↑ Tai Thu Nguyen (2008). The History of Buddhism in Vietnam. CRVP. pp. 36–. ISBN 978-1-56518-098-7.
  8. ↑ Essays Into Vietnamese Pasts - Page 88 Keith Weller Taylor, John K. Whitmore - 1995 "Note also in this connection that, in 1096, Thông Biện, who could be considered responsible for the historical typology of Buddhism in Viet Nam, vaguely ascribed scriptural traditions to Mou Bo and Kang Senghui.21 Yet, there is absolutely no evidence whatsoever of any genealogy or doctrinal school that could be traced back to these two figures. Needless to say, neither Mou Bo nor.."

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