Back Jianzhen German Jianzhen Spanish جیانژن Persian Jianzhen French Jianzhen ID 鑑真 Japanese Jianzheng Portuguese Гандзин Russian Jianzhen Serbo-Croatian Jian Zhen Albanian
Jianzhen | |
|---|---|
鑒真 | |
 Japanese sculpture of Jianzhen in Tōshōdai-ji temple. Nara period, 8th century AD. | |
| Personal life | |
| Born | Chunyu (first name unknown) 688 |
| Died | 763 (aged 74–75) Tōshōdai-ji, Nara Prefecture, Japan |
| Nationality | Chinese or Korean Silla |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Buddhism |
| Temple | Daming Temple Tōshōdai-ji |
| School | Risshū |
| Lineage | 3rd generation |
| Dharma names | Jianzhen |
| Senior posting | |
| Teacher | Zhiman (智滿) Dao'an (道岸) |
Students
| |
| Jianzhen | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||||||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 鑒真 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 鉴真 | ||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||
| Ganjin | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | |||||
| Japanese name | |||||
| Kanji | 鑑真 | ||||
| |||||
Jianzhen (688–763), also known by his Japanese name Ganjin, was a Tang Chinese monk or Silla Korean of Yanju who helped to propagate Buddhism in Japan. In the eleven years from 743 to 754, Jianzhen attempted to visit Japan some six times, arriving in the year 753 and founding Tōshōdai-ji in Nara. When he finally succeeded on his sixth attempt, he had lost his eyesight as a result of an infection acquired during his journeys. Jianzhen's life story and voyage are described in the scroll, "The Sea Journey to the East of a Great Bonze from the Tang Dynasty."[1]
- ^ A Blessing over the Sea: The Tōshōdai-ji Exhibition, in Shanghai, What are the Highlights of an Exclusive visit to the Tangzhaoti Temple Exhibition? on YouTube, Documentary on Buddhist Monk, Jianzhen, who made a sea voyage to the East (to Japan), to teach the precepts of Buddhism to the Japanese. / Dec 2019, minutes 1:19 (with subtitles).