鉴真和尚
Traditional form:
鑒真和尚
Pinyin (reading):
Jiànzhēnhéshang
Definitions:
- Jianzhen or Ganjin (688-763), Tang Buddhist monk, who crossed to Japan after several unsuccessful attempts, influential in Japanese Buddhism
Characters:
- 鉴 - mirror, looking glass; to reflect
- 真 - real, actual, true, genuine
- 和 - harmony, peace; calm, peaceful
- 尚 - still, yet; even; fairly, rather
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