Template:Infobox religious biography Template:Buddhism and China Template:Chinese Kasyapa Matanga (Kāśyapa Mātaṇga) or Jia Yemoteng Template:Lang (Jia Shemoteng Template:Lang, Zhu Yemoteng Template:Lang, or Zhu Shemoteng Template:Lang) was an Indian Buddhist monk who is traditionally believed to have first introduced Buddhism to China in the 1st century CE.[1]
According to popular accounts of Chinese Buddhism, Emperor Ming of Han dreamt of a golden deity interpreted as the Buddha and sent a delegation to India. They returned circa 67 CE with the monks Kasyapa Matanga and Dharmaratna, and white horses carrying Buddhist texts and images. The emperor established White Horse Temple in the Han capital Luoyang, where the two supposedly first translated the Sutra of Forty-two Chapters into Chinese.[2]
References
- ↑ The Middle Kingdom and the Dharma Wheel: Aspects of the Relationship between the Buddhist Saṃgha and the State in Chinese History{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Brill(2016). ISBN 9789004322585
- ↑ Template:LangTemplate:Dead link, Digital Dictionary of Buddhism (login: guest, no password).