Thích Trí Quang

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Thích Trí Quang was a prominent Vietnamese Buddhist monk and political activist who played a leading role in opposing the South Vietnamese government during the 1960s.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Thích Trí Quang canonical 3
Thích 1

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Statements (39)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Buddhist monk ⓘ
Vietnamese person ⓘ
political activist ⓘ
religious leader ⓘ
activityPeriod 1960s ⓘ
advocated political reforms in South Vietnam ⓘ
religious equality in South Vietnam ⓘ
aimedFor greater political pluralism in South Vietnam ⓘ
protection of Buddhist institutions in South Vietnam ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Vietnam ⓘ
linked to: Viet Nam
describedAs controversial political monk ⓘ
one of the most influential Buddhist leaders in South Vietnam ⓘ
ethnicGroup Kinh people ⓘ
ideology Buddhist activism ⓘ
influenced South Vietnamese military juntas ⓘ
U.S. policy debates on Vietnam ⓘ
involvedIn Buddhist protests in Huế ⓘ
Buddhist protests in Saigon ⓘ
knownFor hunger strikes as a form of political protest ⓘ
influencing South Vietnamese politics during the Vietnam War ⓘ
language Vietnamese ⓘ
movement Buddhist crisis ⓘ
Vietnamese Buddhist movement ⓘ
linked to: Vietnamese Buddhism
nameInVietnamese Thích Trí Quang ⓘ
notableFor leadership in the Buddhist crisis of 1963 ⓘ
leading role in opposing the South Vietnamese government in the 1960s ⓘ
organizing mass Buddhist protests in South Vietnam ⓘ
opposed Catholic favoritism under Ngô Đình Diệm ⓘ
Ngô Đình Diệm government ⓘ
South Vietnamese government policies on religious discrimination ⓘ
continued authoritarian rule in South Vietnam ⓘ
position leading figure of the Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam ⓘ
regionOfActivity South Vietnam ⓘ
religion Buddhism ⓘ
religiousOrder Mahayana Buddhism ⓘ
linked to: Mahayana
roleDuringVietnamWar Buddhist political leader in South Vietnam ⓘ
usedMethod hunger strike ⓘ
mass demonstrations ⓘ
nonviolent protest ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

1963 Buddhist crisis → notableFigure → Thích Trí Quang ⓘ
Vietnamese Buddhism → notableLeader → Thích Trí Quang ⓘ
Thích Quảng Đức → honorificPrefix → Thích ⓘ
linked to: Thích Trí Quang
Thích Trí Quang → nameInVietnamese → Thích Trí Quang ⓘ