there he got into trouble through the jealousy of a rival teacher. The Emperor T6 Tsung of the T'ang dynasty gave him the title of :A:Mi|0i0-
878 Hui Shêng A Buddhist monk , who was sent by the Empress Dowager in A.D. 518, together with Sung Yfin, to brin back from India the sacred bool^s of Buddhism. Travelling vi& Ehotan and Persia, in 520 he reached Gandhara and crossed the Indus. In A.D. 521 he started on his return journey, carrying with him 170 volumes of the Mahayana or Greater Development.
879
Hui Shih-ch'i (T. ^ i^ and #3^). A.D. 1670-
1741. A native of Eiangsu, noted for his extraordinary knowledge
of the Classics and of ancient history. In 1708 he graduated as
first cM jen^ and in 1709 as chin shih. In 1720 he was Literary
Chancellor in Euangtung, and exerted himself enthusiastically in
the cause of education. In 1727 he was cashiered for remissness
ill building the walls of Chinkiang, but was recalled to ofiKce by
^e Emperor Ch4en Lung in 1737. He wrote on the Classics, on
sstronomy, and on music, besides distinguishing himself as a poet.
35e was affectionately known to his disciples as jj^ ]§ ^ ^ ;
^nd in old age he bestowed upon himself the sobriquet of ^ ^
880
Hui Ssŭ . Died A.D. 577. The religious name of a priest
of ;^ ]^ Wu-chin in Houan, surnamed ^ Li, who was the chief
of the ^ ^ Chung-lun school of the followers of Bddhidharma.
y.n 572 he established himself with forty priests at the Nan-yo in
Hunan, where he lectured on the method of attaining Nirvd^na,
refusing however to preach to the people at large.
Hui Ti. See (Han) Liu Ying; (Chin) Ssŭ-ma Chung; (Ming) Chu Yün-wên.
Hui Tsung. See Chao Chi.
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