Northern Wei Buddhists

Bodhidharma was a semi-legendary Buddhist monk who lived during the 5th or 6th century CE. He is traditionally credited as the transmitter of Chan Buddhism to China, and is regarded as its first Chinese patriarch. He is also popularly regarded as the founder of Shaolin kung fu, an idea popularized in the 20th century, but based on the 17th century Yijin Jing and the Daoist association of daoyin gymnastics with Bodhidharma.

Zhiyi (; 538–597 CE) also called Tiantai Dashi () and Zhizhe (, "Wise One"), was a Chinese Buddhist monk, philosopher, meditation teacher, and exegete. He is considered to be the founder of the Tiantai Buddhist tradition, as well as its fourth patriarch. Śramaṇa Zhiyi is widely regarded as one of the most influential figures in the development of East Asian Buddhist thought and practice. As the first major Chinese Buddhist thinker to construct a comprehensive religious system based primarily on Chinese interpretations, Zhiyi played a crucial role in synthesizing various strands of Mahayana Bud

Northern Wei emperor

Chan practitioner

Northern Wei emperor

Northern Wei emperor

Emperor of Western Wei from 535 to 551

Chinese artist-scholar (531–591)

Emperor of Eastern Wei from 534 to 550

Bodhiruci () was a Buddhist monk from North India (6th century CE) active in the area of Luoyang, China. He was appointed as master translator at Yongning (永寧寺) temple by emperor Xuanwu of the Northern Wei. In his translations, Bodhiruci was assisted by the central Indian monk Ratnamati (勒那摩提).

Western Liang emperor

Chinese official who wrote the Luoyang Qielanji, a record of the Buddhist temples and monasteries of Luoyang

early 6th-century Empress of Northern Wei

Tanluan (, 476–554) was a Chinese Buddhist monk who wrote on Pure Land Buddhism.

Chinese Buddhist monk, traveler, and writer during the Northern & Southern dynastic period

thumb|right|300px|Main gate of the Shaolin temple in Henan. The dhyana master Buddhabhadra () was the first abbot of the Shaolin Monastery. His ancestral heritage was from Iranian descent via the silk road.

Northern Wei empress

Chinese Empress

Chinese empress

Chinese empress

Northern Wei imperial prince

Chinese empress

Chinese Chancellor (390-487)

Chinese empress

Empress of Northern Qi from 550-559