* Fa-Hien, A Record of Buddhistic Kingdoms: Being an Account by the Chinese Monk Fâ-Hsien of his travels to India and Ceylon ( A. D. 399-414 ) in search of the Buddhist Books of discipline

* A fine collection of Buddhist paintings from Dunhuang and the Admonitions Scroll by Chinese artist Gu Kaizhi ( 344 – 406 AD )

* Chinese Buddhist canon

To cater to this type of customer, as well as full-time vegetarians, the menu of a Buddhist vegetarian restaurant usually shows no difference from a typical Chinese or far-Eastern restaurant, except that in recipes originally made to contain meat, a chicken flavoured soy or wheat gluten might be served instead.

These came from Buddhist beliefs ; the classical Chinese elements (, go gyô ) are also prominent in Japanese culture, especially to the influential Neo-Confucianists during the Edo period.

The two oldest printed Chinese calendars are dated 877 and 882 ; they were found at the Buddhist pilgrimage site of Dunhuang ; Patricia Ebrey writes that it is no surprise that some of the earliest printed items were calendars, since the Chinese found it necessary to calculate and mark which days were auspicious and which were not.

It is undisputed that this identification is Chinese in form and Buddhist in implication, which suggests that the name must have been regularized centuries after the lifetime ascribed to Jimmu.

It is undisputed that this identification is Chinese in form and Buddhist in implication, which suggests that the name must have been regularized centuries after the lifetime ascribed to Suizei, possibly during the time in which legends about the origins of the Yamato dynasty were compiled as the chronicles known today as the Kojiki.

It is undisputed that this identification is Chinese in form and Buddhist in implication, which suggests that the name must have been regularized centuries after the lifetime ascribed to Annei, possibly during the time in which legends about the origins of the Yamato dynasty were compiled as the chronicles known today as the Kojiki.

It is undisputed that this identification is Chinese in form and Buddhist in implication, which suggests that the name must have been regularized centuries after the lifetime ascribed to Kōshō, possibly during the time in which legends about the origins of the Yamato dynasty were compiled as the chronicles known today as the Kojiki.

It is undisputed that this identification is Chinese in form and Buddhist in implication, which suggests that the name must have been regularized centuries after the lifetime ascribed to Kōan, possibly during the time in which legends about the origins of the Yamato dynasty were compiled as the chronicles known today as the Kojiki.

It is undisputed that this identification is Chinese in form and Buddhist in implication, which suggests that the name must have been regularized centuries after the lifetime ascribed to Kōrei, possibly during the time in which legends about the origins of the Yamato dynasty were compiled as the chronicles known today as the Kojiki.

It is undisputed that this identification is Chinese in form and Buddhist in implication, which suggests that the name must have been regularized centuries after the lifetime ascribed to Kōgen, possibly during the time in which legends about the origins of the Yamato dynasty were compiled as the chronicles known today as the Kojiki.

It is undisputed that this identification is Chinese in form and Buddhist in implication, which suggests that the name must have been regularized centuries after the lifetime ascribed to Kaika, possibly during the time in which legends about the origins of the Yamato dynasty were compiled as the chronicles known today as the Kojiki.

It is undisputed that this identification is Chinese in form and Buddhist in implication, which suggests that the name must have been regularized centuries after the lifetime ascribed to Suinin, possibly during the time in which legends about the origins of the Yamato dynasty were compiled as the chronicles known today as the Kojiki.

Suffice to say that until the Joseon dynasty the primary influence was Chinese painting though done with Korean landscapes, facial features, Buddhist topics, and an emphasis on celestial observation in keeping with the rapid development of Korean astronomy.

Image: Chinesischer Maler von 1238 001. jpg | Portrait of the Zen Buddhist Wuzhun Shifan, 1238 AD, Chinese

Medieval Song Dynasty painters such as Lin Tinggui and his Luohan Laundering ( housed in the Smithsonian Freer Gallery of Art ) of the 12th century are excellent examples of Buddhist ideas fused into classical Chinese artwork.

The Chinese Buddhist monk and pilgrim Yijing wrote about relationship between the various " vehicles " and the early Buddhist schools in India.

In the 7th century, the Chinese Buddhist monk Xuanzang describes the concurrent existence of the Mahavihara and the Abhayagiri Vihara in Sri Lanka.

* 1995 – Hsuan Hua, Chinese Buddhist monk ( b. 1918 )

In 630 AD Xuan Zang, the famous Chinese Buddhist monk, visited Jalalabad and a number of other locations nearby.

The Chinese Muslim general Ma Bufang of Qinghai presented himself as a Chinese nationalist to the people of China, fighting against British imperialism, to deflect criticism by opponents that his government was feudal and oppressed minorities like Tibetans and Buddhist Mongols.

The Chinese monk Yijing who visited India in the 7th century, distinguishes Mahāyāna from Hīnayāna as follows:

* 1935 – Tenzin Gyatso, Chinese monk, 14th Dalai Lama and Nobel Prize laureate

Among the Paleolithic ( Homo Erectus ) human settlements discovered in Sri Lanka, Pahiyangala ( named after the Chinese traveller monk Fa-Hsien ), which dates back to 37, 000 BP, Batadombalena ( 28, 500 BP ) and Belilena ( 12, 000 BP ) are the most important.

I Ching, a Chinese Buddhist monk, studied Sanskrit and spent four years of his life working in Palembang.

A stele erected by Shaolin abbot Wenzai in 1517 shows the deity's vajra-club had by then been changed to a Chinese staff, which originally " served as the emblem of the monk ".

* Fa-Hsien, Chinese Buddhist monk

* Kumārajīva, ( 344-413 ), Buddhist monk from India, translator of sutras into Chinese

* Tao-un ( 312-385 ), Chinese Buddhist monk, translator who elimnates Taoist words from Buddhist writings

* 748: The Chinese Buddhist monk Jian Zhen writes in his Yue Jue Shu of the international sea traffic coming to Guangzhou, ships from Borneo, Persia, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, and others bringing tons of goods.

* 782: Buddhist monk Prajna reaches Chang ' an and enlists the help of Christian bishop Ching Ching ( Adam ) in translating sutras into Chinese.

* Jianzhen or Ganjin, Chinese monk who helped to spread Buddhism in Japan

* The Chinese Buddhist monk Yi Xing applies a clockwork escapement mechanism to operate and rotate his astronomical celestial globe.

* 561 to 592: Buddhist monk Jnanagupta translates 39 sutras from Sanskrit to Chinese.

* 399 – 412: The Chinese Buddhist monk Faxian sails through the Indian Ocean and travels throughout Sri Lanka and India to gather Buddhist scriptures.

* c. 401: Buddhist monk and translator of sutras, Kumarajiva into Chinese arrives in Chang ' an

* Faxian, Chinese Buddhist monk

* Kumarajiva, ( 344-413 ), Kuchean Buddhist monk and Chinese translator

* Jizang, Chinese Buddhist monk ( b. 549 )

** Dahui Zonggao, Chinese Zen Buddhist monk ( b. 1089 )

* Yuanwu Keqin, Chinese Zen Buddhist monk ( b. 1063 )

* Baizhang, Chinese Zen Buddhist monk ( b. 720 )