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Egaku or Hui'E was a well-connected 9th century Japanese scholar-monk who made frequent trips to Tang China for pilgrimage and bringing back Buddhist teachings to Japan. Egaku had a huge impact on the religious and cultural history of China and Japan. In Japan, he is famous for bringing the first Rinzai Zen monk Gikū and the works of the Chinese poet Bai Juyi to Japan. In China, he is renowned for his role in establishing a developed pilgrimage site in Putuoshan, one of the four major Buddhist pilgrimage sites in China.

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  • Egaku or Hui'E was a well-connected 9th century Japanese scholar-monk who made frequent trips to Tang China for pilgrimage and bringing back Buddhist teachings to Japan. Egaku had a huge impact on the religious and cultural history of China and Japan. In Japan, he is famous for bringing the first Rinzai Zen monk Gikū and the works of the Chinese poet Bai Juyi to Japan. In China, he is renowned for his role in establishing a developed pilgrimage site in Putuoshan, one of the four major Buddhist pilgrimage sites in China. (en)
  • 恵萼(えがく、生没年不詳)は、平安時代前期の僧。日本と唐の間を何度も往復したことで知られる。 漢字表記は一定せず、惠蕚、慧蕚、慧鍔、慧諤などとも書かれる。 (ja)
  • 慧锷(日语:慧鍔/えがく),又寫作惠萼(日语:恵萼〔惠萼〕;蕚是萼的異體字,故也作惠蕚)、慧蕚(慧萼)、慧諤等,在日本一般表記爲惠萼(恵萼);是日本平安時代前期佛教臨濟宗高僧。生卒年不詳。曾多次到中土大唐求法,但記載零星不詳。 (zh)
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  • unknown but before 822 (en)
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  • Japan (en)
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  • Modern drawing of Egaku (en)
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  • unknown but after 864 CE (en)
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  • Japan (en)
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  • Jinsai , Junshō (en)
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  • Egaku (en)
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  • 恵萼 (en)
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  • Buddhist monk, scholar (en)
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  • Buddhism (en)
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  • Zen, Tendai (en)
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  • Saichō, Yanguan Qi’an (en)
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  • Egaku or Hui'E was a well-connected 9th century Japanese scholar-monk who made frequent trips to Tang China for pilgrimage and bringing back Buddhist teachings to Japan. Egaku had a huge impact on the religious and cultural history of China and Japan. In Japan, he is famous for bringing the first Rinzai Zen monk Gikū and the works of the Chinese poet Bai Juyi to Japan. In China, he is renowned for his role in establishing a developed pilgrimage site in Putuoshan, one of the four major Buddhist pilgrimage sites in China. (en)
  • 恵萼(えがく、生没年不詳)は、平安時代前期の僧。日本と唐の間を何度も往復したことで知られる。 漢字表記は一定せず、惠蕚、慧蕚、慧鍔、慧諤などとも書かれる。 (ja)
  • 慧锷(日语:慧鍔/えがく),又寫作惠萼(日语:恵萼〔惠萼〕;蕚是萼的異體字,故也作惠蕚)、慧蕚(慧萼)、慧諤等,在日本一般表記爲惠萼(恵萼);是日本平安時代前期佛教臨濟宗高僧。生卒年不詳。曾多次到中土大唐求法,但記載零星不詳。 (zh)
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  • Egaku (en)
  • 恵萼 (ja)
  • 慧锷 (zh)
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  • Egaku (en)
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