Kang Senghui

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title: Kang Senghui
text: Kang Senghui was a Buddhist monk and translator during the Three Kingdoms period of ancient China. He was born in Jiaozhi. He was the son of a Sogdian merchant, hence the last name of Kang, meaning "one whose forefathers had been people from Kangju", or Sogdia. Kang received a Chinese literary education and was "widely read in the six (Confucian) classics." He also read Sanskrit and was known for his knowledge of the Tripiṭaka. He joined the saïgha as a teenager, following the death of his paren
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description: Sogdian Buddhist monk and translator (died 280)
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date created: 2005-05-08T00:20:19Z
date modified: 2024-09-04T19:02:58Z
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