Kuiji
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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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- Born
- 632
- Died
- 682
- Works
- 18
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- 金剛般若經贊述
- 因明入正理論疏瑞源記
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- 異部宗輪論述記
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Key facts
- Religious biography.name
- Kuiji
- Religious biography.image
- Jion Daishi.jpg
- Religious biography.caption
- 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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- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Yuchi
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Tang dynasty
- Place of birth
- Chang'an
- Occupation
- Buddhist monk
- Languages spoken
- Chinese
- Religion
- East Asian Yogācāra
- Student of
- Xuanzang
- Image
- Jion Daishi.jpg
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- date of birth
- 0632-00-00
- date of death
- 0682-00-00
- Commons category
- Kuiji
- name in kana
- きき
- religious name
- 窺基
- posthumous name
- 慈恩大師
- courtesy name
- 弘道
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Encyclopedic overview
7 sectionsContents
- Works
- 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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