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Ennin
圆仁 zh 円仁 ja
Japanese Buddhist monk (794–864)
- Dated 793 CE – 24 February 864 CE
- Also called Shi Yuanren, Huafang dashi, Cijiao dashi
Overview
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Roles and affiliation
Holding an office is not parentage and not discipleship.
Offices held 1
- from 854 CE Tendai-zasu
Teachers and students
Teaching passed from one person to another, in the direction of the arrows — not ancestry, and not succession.
Ennin Japanese Buddhist monk (794–864) What the records tie them to
Founded, supported, associated with — as third parties recorded it.
- Named as founder
Mount Osore
mountain in Aomori Prefecture, Japan - Named as founder
Zuigan-ji Temple
Buddhist temple in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan Disputed - Named as founder
Yama-dera Temple
Buddhist temple in Yamagata Prefecture, Japan - Named as founder
Kita-in Temple
Buddhist temple in Saitama Prefecture, Japan - Named as founder
Nison-in Temple
building in Ukyo-ku, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan - Named as founder
Ryūsen-ji Temple
building in Shimo-Meguro, Tokyo, Japan
Connections
Family 1
Affiliation 1
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