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Ming-ti

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Ming-ti (r. 58–76 ce). An emperor of the Later Han dynasty. According to one traditional account of Buddhism's inception in China, this emperor had a dream of a flying golden man one night in the year 67. The next day, he asked his ministers about it, and one of them said it must have been a vision of the Buddha, and advised the emperor to send envoys to the western regions to find out more. He did this, and the envoys returned with some Buddhist monks who helped translate a few texts into Chinese. Historically, this legend is untenable, as there is good evidence that Buddhism had already entered China as much as 50 years prior to this event (as witnessed by the minister's ability to identify the figure in Emperor Ming's dream).

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Ming-ti

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Ming-ti (58–75 CE). Chinese emperor of the Han dynasty, who, according to legend, was instrumental, as a consequence of a dream, in establishing Buddhism in China.

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JOHN BOWKER. "Ming-ti." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions. 1997. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O101-Mingti.html

JOHN BOWKER. "Ming-ti." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions. 1997. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O101-Mingti.html

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