Overview
Kumārajīva was a Monk and Translator.
IdentityHistorical · Male
Found inBook of Jin
Life and dates
Attested activity
- AD 402 to AD 405 興…聽鳩摩羅什演說佛經、更出大品Dated from the passage context · Book of Jin 117, passages 208, 210
Places and affiliations
- Polity Later Qin 後秦 · Relation ServedDirectly stated · Book of Jin 117, passage 208
Learning and skills
- Belief Buddhism 佛法 · Relation Adherent ofDirectly stated · Book of Jin 117, passage 208
- Skill Chinese speech 夏言 · Level fluent and eloquentDirectly stated · Book of Jin 117, passage 209
Works and attributed material
- Great Perfection of Wisdom (Dapin) 大品Relation TranslatorDirectly stated · Book of Jin 117, passage 210
- various sūtras and treatises, more than three hundred fascicles 諸經並諸論三百餘卷Relation TranslatorDirectly stated · Book of Jin 117, passages 211-212
Events and relationships
- Expounded Buddhist sūtras in Chengxuan HallScholarly · PreacherDirectly stated · Book of Jin 117, passage 208
- Held the Hu text while collating against old ChineseScholarly · TranslatorDirectly stated · Book of Jin 117, passage 210
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment today's new scriptures are all his translations · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · Book of Jin 117, passage 212
References in the histories
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