Sengzhao
Sengzhao (or Seng-Chao) (384–414)[1], from Jingzhao, was a Buddhist Chinese philosopher and the first disciple of Kumārajīva. He helped translate Indian treatises and also wrote his own. These form the only source of study for early Chinese Mādhyamika Buddhism. He is mentioned in the Memoirs of Eminent Monks.
Sengzhao criticized earlier Chinese Buddhist schools for believing in being or non-being. He concluded that all dharmas are empty.
He was also influenced by the Taoists Laozi and Zhuangzi.[2]
Contribution
He composed a series of text, named Zhao Lun, which has been translated into English by Walter Liebenthal.[3]
- ^ Chan, Wing-tsit (translated and compiled). A Source Book in Chinese Philosophy. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1963: 343.
- ^ Chan, Wing-tsit (translated and compiled). A Source Book in Chinese Philosophy. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1963: 344.
- ^ Liebenthal, Walter (translated). Chao lun; the treatises of Sengzhao. A translation with introduction, notes, and appendices, 2nd edition. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press; sold by the Oxford University Press, New York, 1968.
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