Weijing

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PersonType Category:Translators
Category:Ordained (Monks and Nuns)
MainNamePhon Weijing
YearBirth 973
YearDeath 1051
IsInGyatsa No
BnwShortPersonBio According to Tansen Sen (Buddhism, Diplomacy, and Trade, 2015) 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" (127).
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