Kang Senghui

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Kang Senghui (traditional: 康僧會; simplified: 康僧会; pinyin: Kāng Sēnghuì; died 280) was a Buddhist monk and translator during the Three Kingdoms period of ancient China. He was born in Jiaozhi (Chinese 交趾; modern-day northern Vietnam), in the extreme south of the Chinese empire. He was the son of a Sogdian merchant. Kang contributed to the diffusion and translation of Buddhist sutras into the Chinese language. According to legend the first Buddha relic in China appeared in a vase in 248 C.E. so that Kang Senghui would have something to show a local ruler. [1] The king of Wu Sun Quan would unsuccessfully attempt to destroy the tooth, by subjecting it to various tests. [2]

Kang is known as Khương Tăng Hội in Vietnam and Thông Biện (1096) claims scriptural traditions from Kang influenced Vietnamese Buddhism, though there is no independent evidence for this tradition.[3]

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  1. ↑ Strong 2007, p. 188.
  2. ↑ Strong 2007, p. 192.
  3. ↑ Essays Into Vietnamese Pasts - Page 88 Keith Weller Taylor, John K. Whitmore - 1995 "Note also in this connection that, in 1096, Thông Biện, who could be considered responsible for the historical typology of Buddhism in Viet Nam, vaguely ascribed scriptural traditions to Mou Bo and Kang Senghui.21 Yet, there is absolutely no evidence whatsoever of any genealogy or doctrinal school that could be traced back to these two figures. Needless to say, neither Mou Bo nor.."
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