Daoming

Daoming (道明) was a Chinese Buddhist monk and the left attendant of the bodhisattva Kṣitigarbha.[1] His father also entered the way of the bodhisattva and became his disciple and the right attendant, Mingong.[2][3][4][5]

## Legends

The name "Daoming" was fairly common, and surviving sources contain biographies of over a dozen Buddhist monks with this name. The recurrence of the name among Buddhist monks was acknowledged in the Record of a Returned Soul that explains how the underworld authorities mistook Daoming of Kaishan Monastery for Daoming of Longxing Monastery for a discussion of the various Daomings' related death and afterlife.[6]

According to the "Record of a Returned Soul", Daoming, a monk who lived in the Kaishan Monastery in Xiang, was summoned to hell by mistake in 778 AD. Before he returned to Earth, he saw a monk who announced that he was Kșitigarbha. Kșitigarbha asked him to propagate throughout the world his true image – that is to say, with the head-dress.[7][8][9]

According to the local tradition, Daoming was the son of Mingong, a wealthy man and landowner of the Mount Jiuhua.[10] Mingong donated all peaks of his mountain to monk Dizang for use as a place of worship where dharma was taught. He even asked his son to accompany Dizang to become a Buddhist monk who was also subsequently called Daoming.[2] His father also became a follower of Dizang. Soon after that, he became enlightened.[11][12]

## References

1. ↑ Lopez, Donald S. Jr. (21 December 2017) (in en). Hyecho's Journey: The World of Buddhism. University of Chicago Press. ISBN 978-0-226-51806-0. https://books.google.com/books?id=SNA6DwAAQBAJ&q=Daoming+monk&pg=PA53.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Kooij, K. R. van; Veere, H. van der (1995) (in en). Function and Meaning in Buddhist Art: Proceedings of a Seminar Held at Leiden University, 21-24 October 1991. Egbert Forsten. ISBN 978-90-6980-079-0. https://books.google.com/books?id=AMufAAAAMAAJ&q=Mingong+Ksitigarbha.
3. ↑ "Marginalized yet Devoted: Buddhist Paintings Commissioned by Nuns of the Early Joseon Palace Cloisters". Kyungwon Choe. 2011. https://kuscholarworks.ku.edu/bitstream/handle/1808/7743/Choe_ku_0099D_11281_DATA_1.pdf?sequence=1.
4. ↑ (in en) Arts of Asia. Arts of Asia Publications.. 2001. ISBN 978-0-9638932-6-0. https://books.google.com/books?id=AeZIAQAAIAAJ&q=Mingong+Daoming.
5. ↑ Whitfield, Roderick; Whitfield, Susan; Agnew, Neville (2000) (in en). Cave Temples of Dunhuang: Art and History on the Silk Road. British Library. ISBN 978-0-7123-4697-9. https://books.google.com/books?id=SyI4AQAAIAAJ&q=Daoming+monk.
6. ↑ (in en) The Making of a Savior Bodhisattva: Dizang in Medieval China. University of Hawaii Press. 14 August 2007. ISBN 978-0-8248-3045-8. https://books.google.com/books?id=WpyiqKZISw0C&q=daoming+in+778+AD&pg=PA175.
7. ↑ Guimet, Mus Ee (1996) (in en). The Arts of Central Asia: The Pelliot Collection in the Musée Guimet. Serindia. ISBN 978-0-906026-40-3. https://books.google.com/books?id=t-bpAAAAMAAJ&q=Kșitigarbha+,+and+asked+him+to+propagate.
8. ↑ Kooij, K. R. van; Veere, H. van der (1995) (in en). Function and Meaning in Buddhist Art: Proceedings of a Seminar Held at Leiden University, 21-24 October 1991. Egbert Forsten. ISBN 978-90-6980-079-0. https://books.google.com/books?id=AMufAAAAMAAJ&q=In+this+story+a+priest+named+Daoming+of+the+Kaiyuansi+in+Xiangzhou+was+in+the+year+778.
9. ↑ Lopez, Donald S. Jr.; Bloom, Rebecca; Carr, Kevin Gray; Chan, Chun Wa; Jun, Ha Nul; Sinopoli, Carla M.; Yokota, Keiko (21 December 2017) (in en). Hyecho's Journey: The World of Buddhism. University of Chicago Press. ISBN 978-0-226-51790-2. https://books.google.com/books?id=ipY-DwAAQBAJ&q=Daoming+was+summoned+to+hell+by+Yama,+king+of+the+underworld.&pg=PA53.
10. ↑ (in en) アジア文化研究. International Christian University.. 1987. https://books.google.com/books?id=Slekji9fdaoC.
11. ↑ (in en) China Tourism. HK China Tourism Press. 2002. https://books.google.com/books?id=smoHP1rFl18C&q=Mingong+Ksitigarbha.
12. ↑ Kooij, K. R. van; Veere, H. van der (1995) (in en). Function and Meaning in Buddhist Art: Proceedings of a Seminar Held at Leiden University, 21-24 October 1991. Egbert Forsten. ISBN 978-90-6980-079-0. https://books.google.com/books?id=AMufAAAAMAAJ&q=a+monk+named+Daoming+was.

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