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of Jin or Buddhism in China. 
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it 
Ti-chi-tasi learnt it. The last was an eminent scholar who first introduced 
this philosophy into China and by his piety and excellent accomplishments, 
jDromoted the well-being of his countrymen. In the knowledge of the 
Abhidharma, there was none in China to equal him. In the practice and 
observance of Vinaya, he is said to have been like a Bodhisattva (saint). 
He became spiritual guide to the second king of Thengur in Southern 
China and also to king Wendhi of the Su dynasty. In moral merit he was 
incomparably great. He erected a monastery called Kw-chhih-ssi, on 
mount The-an-tha, and another on the hill called Yu-khyu-wan. In these 
two he founded thirty-six schools, and furnished them with complete copies 
of the Kahgyur and Tangur. He constructed 800,000 images of Buddha 
and Bodhisattvas and miniature chaityas, in gold, silver, brass, sandal¬ 
wood, &c. He ordained 14,000 monks and had 32 principal disciples, all of 
whom were versed in the S'unyata philosophy. He wrote numerous com¬ 
mentaries on the various branches of Buddhism, besides notes on Buddha’s 
precepts delivered at the Mrigarshi grove, the Mahavaipulya sutra, Prajna 
paramita and Mahanirvana tantra. He also introduced the study of a 
series of books called “ The sacrament of offering obeisance by prostra¬ 
tions,” “ Tun-min,” “ Tse-yanmin,” “ Beema,” a treatise on mysticism, 
Ma-ne,” and “ Sutranta Yidya,” a complete analysis of Dharma and 
perfection. 
At the request of Kin Wen-dhi, he wrote forty religious treatises and 
fifty synopses of the Prajna-paramita, Sadharma Pundarika, Mula Prajna, 16 
&c., for the use of students of Buddhism. After labouring for thirty years 
in endeavouring to propagate the Madhyamika philosophy of Nagarjuna, at 
the beginning of the sixtieth year of his age, 17 in the 17th year of Khai-hu- 
an’s reign, he sat absorbed in deep meditation to pass away from this 
life. He vanquished the “ great god” of the Chinese, named Kwan-yun- 
ckhan, 18 or “the lord of clouds and thunder,” and bound him under a solemn 
oath to defend Buddhism in China. He had thirty-two principal disciples 
of whom the following were the most remarkable for their learning and 
purity of life : 
(1) Tan-an-tsun-che. 
(2) Fu-hu-wa-tsun-che. 
(3) Tun-yan-the-an-tsun-che. 
(4) Cho-shi-lah-tsun-che. 
(5) Kin-shi-tsun-che. 
Among his spiritual successors, one named Tha an-thai-tsuh who 
spread his system in the southern province of China called Kin-nan, became 
16 Commentary by Nagarjuna. 
17 On the 24th of mid-winter month, 
18 Also-called Kwan-lo-yu-yer. 
