Chinese Buddhist monk

C29665
concept

A Chinese Buddhist monk is a religious practitioner in China who has renounced lay life to follow the Buddhist monastic code, engaging in meditation, study, ritual, and community service within a Chinese cultural and historical context.

All labels observed (10)

Label Occurrences
Chinese Buddhist monk canonical 20
Tang dynasty Buddhist monk 6
Pure Land Buddhist patriarch 3

Description generation (CDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.

Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: Chinese Buddhist monk
Generated description
A Chinese Buddhist monk is a religious practitioner in China who has renounced lay life to follow the Buddhist monastic code, engaging in meditation, study, ritual, and community service within a Chinese cultural and historical context.

Instances (32)

Instance Via concept surface
Huike —
Daoxin —
Baizhang Huaihai —
Tanluan Pure Land Buddhist patriarch
Daochuo Pure Land Buddhist patriarch
Shandao Pure Land Buddhist patriarch
Genshin Heian-period monk
Yongming Yanshou —
Kumārajīva Buddhist translator
Faxian —
Yijing —
Zhiyan —
Daoxin
linked to: Fourth Patriarch
—
Nanyue Huairang Tang dynasty Buddhist monk
Qingyuan Xingsi —
Heze Shenhui —
Shih-t'ou Hsi-ch'ien —
Xiqian —
Tianhuang Daowu —
Yuezhou Qianfeng —
曹山本寂 中国僧侶
洞山良价 中国佛教僧人
百丈懷海 佛教高僧
Guishan Lingyou —
Xitang Zhizang —
Damei Fachang —
Yanguan Qi'an Tang dynasty Buddhist monk
Guizong Zhichang Tang dynasty Buddhist monk
Wansong Xingxiu Chinese religious figure
Yangshan Huiji —
Lin-chi I-hsüan —
Great Chan Master Zhaozhou —