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Ennin (Jikaku Daishi)
Japanese Tendai pilgrim monk whose travel diary Nitto Guho Junrei Gyoki recorded Tang society and the Huichang persecution.
Mural guide
Mural of the event “Huichang Secularization of Buddhism”, which this person took part in.
In the mid-to-late Tang, Buddhist monasteries accumulated immense untaxed estates, sheltered dependent populations, and melted bronze currency for statues, causing severe fiscal distress.
Also known as Jikaku Daishi · Master Ennin
Ennin (794 CE–864 CE) was a prominent Japanese Buddhist monk of the Tendai school. His 9-year pilgrimage across Tang China produced the invaluable travel journal Nitto Guho Junrei Gyoki, detailing Tang monasticism and culture.
Life and times
Dates 794 CE–864 CE
EraTang
- 845Huichang Secularization of BuddhismTook partage 51