Weijing

PersonType	Category:Translators Category:Ordained (Monks and Nuns)
MainNamePhon	Weijing
MainNameChi	惟淨
YearBirth	973
YearDeath	1051
IsInGyatsa	No
BnwShortPersonBio	Weijing was one of the few Chinese monks that figured prominently in the translation activities of the Song, "who never visited India, but was trained in Buddhism and Sanskrit at the Institute for the Transmission of the Dharma in the Song capital" (Tansen Sen, Buddhism, Diplomacy, and Trade [Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield 2016], 127). A native of Jinling (present-day Nanjing), "Weijing is noted to has shown tremendous talent in learning and understanding Sanskrit texts. Within a year [after arriving at the Institute], he was ordained and began participating in the translation projects as a translator-scribe." (Sen, 128).
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