Chi-tsang

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Chi-tsang (549–623). Buddhist teacher of the San-lun school, who wrote many commentaries on Sūtras and Mahāyāna texts. Of immense importance in the development of San-lun (Chin. for Mādhyamaka), Chi-tsang's pupil, Ekwan, took the San-lun school to Japan, where it is known as Sanron.

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