Identification

Jianzhen (688-763), born in Jiangyang, Guangling (now Yangzhou, Jiangsu), with the common surname Chunyu, was a famous monk in the Tang Dynasty. During his study tours in Luoyang and Chang'an, the young Jianzhen followed the famous local masters of Luzong to learn Buddhist law, referenced various classics, and also learned medicine and traditional Chinese medicine. In the first year of Tang Tianba...