Gikū
Gikū | |||||||||
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義空 | |||||||||
| Personal life | |||||||||
| Born | unknown China | ||||||||
| Died | unknown China | ||||||||
| Flourished | 9th Century CE | ||||||||
| Occupation | Buddhist monk, scholar | ||||||||
| Religious life | |||||||||
| Religion | Buddhism | ||||||||
| School | Chan | ||||||||
| Senior posting | |||||||||
| Teacher | Yanguan Qi’an | ||||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 義空 | ||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 义空 | ||||||||
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| Vietnamese name | |||||||||
| Vietnamese | Nghĩa Không | ||||||||
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| Hangul | 의공 | ||||||||
| Hanja | 義空 | ||||||||
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| Hiragana | ぎくう | ||||||||
Gikū or Yikong was an early Heian period Buddhist monk from Tang China. He is Japan's first Buddhist monk who exclusively taught Zen.
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