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4 unusual facts about Zhiyan


Huayan school

#Zhiyan (Chih-yen), 智儼, considered to have established the basic doctrines of the sect;

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The greatest lasting impact of the Huayan school was to be seen in Korea, where it was transmitted by Uisang (hangul:의상대사 625-702), who had been, along with Fazang, a student of Zhiyan.

Uisang

He traveled to China, studying at Mount Zhongnan as a student of the influential Huayan master Zhiyan (智儼) and as a senior colleague of Fazang (法藏), with whom he established a lifelong correspondence.

Zhiyan

Zhiyan (智儼) (602–668) was the second patriarch of the Chinese Buddhist Huayan school.


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