Zhu Fonian
Zhu Fonian (竺佛念) (4th c.). A Chinese monk of the Eastern Jin period who was an important early translator of Indian Buddhist texts into the Chinese language.[1]
Zhu Fonian started off assisting in the translation projects of Indian monks based in Chang'an, such as Saṃghabhadra 僧伽跋澄 (translating the Poxumi suoji lun 婆須蜜所集論) and Dharmanandi 曇摩難提 (translating the Wangzi fayihuai mu yinyuan jing 王子法益壞目因緣經, Ekōttarāgama-sūtra 增一阿含經, Madhyamāgama 中阿含經 and so forth).[1]
Later on, during the period from (399–416) he undertook his own translations, including the Pusa yingluo jing 菩薩瓔珞經, Shizhu duanjie jing 十住斷結經, Chuyao jing 出曜經, Pusa chutai jing 菩薩處胎經, Zhongyin jing 中陰經, Pusa yingluo benye jing 菩薩瓔珞本業經, Binaiye 鼻奈耶, Chiren pusa jing 持人菩薩經, Da fangdeng wuxiang jing 大方等無想經, Pusa puchu jing 菩薩普處經, Shisong biqiuni jie suochu benmo 十誦比丘尼戒所出本末.[1]
He passed away in Chang'an at an unknown age.[1]
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3
竺佛念, Digital Dictionary of Buddhism (to sign in, see DDB sign-in)
