Kang Senhui (Chinese tradition: 康 僧 會, Chinese simpl .: 康 僧 会, Vietnamese: Khương Tăng Hội, d / n - 280 ) - a Buddhist monk from the southeastern state At the time of the Three Kingdoms (220-280) , translator, commentator on Buddhist sutras, connoisseur of Confucian canons, propagandist for reconciliation of Confucianism and Buddhism.
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Biography
There is little information about his young years. His family came from Khorezm . Grandfather moved to India, father and merchant moved to Annam (the territory of modern Vietnam ). In 247, Kang Senhui arrived in Jian (on the territory of modern Nanjing , Jiangsu Province), where he later built the Jianchu-si Buddhist pagoda, the first in the area south of Yangtze . He died in 280.
Creativity
The main works are based on translations of Sanskrit sources: “Wu Ping” (吴 品) - “Virtues of the U Dynasty” (another translation of “Notes on the Three Treasures of Buddhism of All Eras”), “Liu Du Ji Jing” (六度 集 经) - "Six degrees of salvation in the collections of sutras." Kang Senhui also includes commentaries and foreword to a number of early translations of Buddhist sutras.
He aimed the adherents of Buddhism to “calm the mind” by suppressing sensual “passions” using the breathing and meditation practice of psycho-regulation. In the Buddhist spirit, he interpreted the Confucian concept of Ren Dao (仁 道 ， "the path of humanity"). He insisted on the study of “Zhou and” and “Shi Jing”, in which he saw clarifications of Buddhist truths.
Sources
- Kenneth Ch'en. Buddhism in China. A Historical Survey. Princeton University Press. Princeton, 1973. ISBN 0-691-00015-8
- Nattier, Jan (2008). A Guide to the Earliest Chinese Buddhist Translations: Texts from the Eastern Han and Three Kingdoms Periods, Bibliotheca Philologica et Philosophica, IRIAB Vol. X, 149-154; ISBN 978-4-904234-00-6
- Strong, John S. (2007). Relics of the Buddha, Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass. ISBN 0691117640
- Tai Thu Nguyen (2008). The History of Buddhism in Vietnam. CRVP pp. 36–. ISBN 978-1-56518-098-7 .
- Jacques Gernet (May 31, 1996). A History of Chinese Civilization. Cambridge University Press. pp. 214–. ISBN 978-0-521-49781-7 .