Zhi Yao (monk)

Zhi Yao (Chinese: 支曜; pinyin: Zhī Yào) was a Kushan Buddhist monk from modern-day Kabul, Afghanistan of Yuezhi ethnicity. He was involved with the translation of Buddhist texts into Chinese around 185 CE. His origin is described in his adopted Chinese surname Zhi,[1] abbreviation of Yuezhi.[2]

Zhi Yao was a student of Lokaksema. He translated the Mahayana text: The Sutra on the Completion of Brightness [3] into Chinese.

See also

References
  1. Chinese: 支; pinyin: Zhī
  2. Chinese: 月支; pinyin: Yuèzhī
  3. simplified Chinese: 成具光明经; traditional Chinese: 成具光明經; pinyin: Chéngjù guāngmíng jīng

Further reading
  • 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, 94-102; ISBN 978-4-904234-00-6
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