Zhu Zixing
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In Chinese Buddhism, Zhu Zixing is described as the first Chinese to be ordained and become a Buddhist via contact with others on the Silk Road. Zhu first went to central Asia in 260 to investigate Buddhism, long before other Chinese monks and travelers reached India to study Buddhism.
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- 3rd-century Buddhists
- 203 births
- 282 deaths
- Chinese spiritual writers
- Cao Wei writers
- Cao Wei Buddhists
- Writers from Henan
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