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Also known as Ji, Yuchi Ji, Hongdao

Kuiji (; 632–682), also known as Ji (), an exponent of Yogācāra, was a Chinese monk and a prominent disciple of Xuanzang. His posthumous name was Ci'en Dashi (), the Great Teacher of Cien Monastery, after the Daci'en Temple or Great Monastery of Compassionate Grace, which was located in Chang'an, the main capital of the Tang Dynasty. The Giant Wild Goose Pagoda was built in Daci'en Temple in 652. According to biographies, he was sent to the imperial translation bureau headed by Xuanzang, from whom he later would learn Sanskrit, Abhidharma, and Yogācāra.

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Died
682
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Kuiji
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Portrait of Jion Daishi (Kuiji), colour on silk, at Yakushi-ji (NT)
Religious biography.birth_name
Yuchi (surname) Hongdao (style)
Religious biography.birth_date
632
Religious biography.birth_place
Chang'an, China
Religious biography.death_date
682 (aged 50)
Religious biography.religion
Buddhism
Religious biography.school
East Asian Yogācāra
Religious biography.father
Yuchi Jingzong
Religious biography.mother
Pei (mother's surname)
Religious biography.teacher
Xuanzang
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date of birth
0632-00-00
date of death
0682-00-00
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Kuiji
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religious name
窺基
posthumous name
慈恩大師
courtesy name
弘道
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  • Essays
  • Mahayana Sutra Commentaries
  • Pramana
  • Commentaries on Yogacara treatises
  • Notes
  • References

Kuiji (; 632–682), also known as Ji (), an exponent of Yogācāra, was a Chinese monk and a prominent disciple of Xuanzang. His posthumous name was Ci'en Dashi (), the Great Teacher of Cien Monastery, after the Daci'en Temple or Great Monastery of Compassionate Grace, which was located in Chang'an, the main capital of the Tang Dynasty. The Giant Wild Goose Pagoda was built in Daci'en Temple in 652. According to biographies, he was sent to the imperial translation bureau headed by Xuanzang, from whom he later would learn Sanskrit, Abhidharma, and Yogācāra.

Kuiji collaborated closely with Xuanzang on the Cheng weishi lun, a redacted translation of commentaries on Vasubandhu's Triṃśikā-vijñaptimātratā. Kuiji's commentaries on the former text, the Cheng weishi lun shuji, along with his original treatise on Yogācāra, the Dasheng Fayuan yilin chang (; "Essays on the Forest of Meanings in the Mahāyāna Dharma Garden") became foundations of the Faxiang School, the dominant school of Yogācāra thought in East Asia. He is accordingly considered the founder of this school which differed notably from Paramārtha's earlier Chinese Yogācāra system. Kuiji is also known for his commentaries on Dharmapāla's Yogācāra philosophy.

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