Kao-Seng-Chuan
Kao-Seng-Chuan (Biographies of Eminent Monks). Buddhist text compiled by Hui-chiao of the Liang dynasty (502–51 CE). It contains the biographies of 257 eminent Chinese and foreign Buddhist monks who lived in China from the 2nd cent. CE to the 6th cent.
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