Zhu Faya
Zhu Faya (Chinese: 竺法雅; pinyin: Zhú Fǎyǎ; Wade–Giles: Chu Fa-ya; literally: "Buddhist Dharmic Elegance") or Faya was a Chinese Jin Dynasty (265-420 CE) Buddhist monk and teacher from Hejian (in modern Hebei province), best known for developing the Geyi method of explaining numbered categories of Sanskrit terms from the Buddhist canon with comparable lists from the Chinese classics. The dates of Zhu Faya's life are unknown, but he was a student of the Indian monk Fotudeng or Zhu Fotudeng 竺佛圖澄 (c. 231-349), and a contemporary of the translators Dao'an 道安 (312-385) and Zhu Fatai 竺法汰 (320-387).
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Zhu Faya
Zhu Faya (Chinese: 竺法雅; pinyin: Zhú Fǎyǎ; Wade–Giles: Chu Fa-ya; literally: "Buddhist Dharmic Elegance") or Faya was a Chinese Jin Dynasty (265-420 CE) Buddhist monk and teacher from Hejian (in modern Hebei province), best known for developing the Geyi method of explaining numbered categories of Sanskrit terms from the Buddhist canon with comparable lists from the Chinese classics. The dates of Zhu Faya's life are unknown, but he was a student of the Indian monk Fotudeng or Zhu Fotudeng 竺佛圖澄 (c. 231-349), and a contemporary of the translators Dao'an 道安 (312-385) and Zhu Fatai 竺法汰 (320-387).
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Zhu Faya (Chinese: 竺法雅; pinyin ...... ) and Zhu Fatai 竺法汰 (320-387).
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竺法雅，又称法雅，河北河间人，晋朝佛教高僧。 其早年与道安共 ...... 时。而道安却认为这种方法违背佛法，故禁其徒众引用，后遂衰止。
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Zhu Faya (Chinese: 竺法雅; pinyin ...... ) and Zhu Fatai 竺法汰 (320-387).
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竺法雅，又称法雅，河北河间人，晋朝佛教高僧。 其早年与道安共 ...... 时。而道安却认为这种方法违背佛法，故禁其徒众引用，后遂衰止。
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