Dharmaratna

Tumulus marker of Dharmaratna located in White Horse Temple, Luoyang, China

Personal life
Born| unknown

Central India

Died| unknown

Luoyang, Henan, China

Flourished| 50-80 CE
Notable work(s)| Sutra in Forty-two Sections
Occupation| Buddhist monk who introduced Buddhism to China, translator from Sanskrit to Chinese
Religious life
Religion| Buddhism
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Dharmaratna

Chinese name
Traditional Chinese| 竺法蘭
Simplified Chinese| 竺法兰
| Transcriptions

Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin| Zhú Fǎlán
Wade–Giles| Chu2 Fa3 lan2
Sanskrit name
Sanskrit| धर्मरत्न

Dharmaratna, Gobharana, or Zhu Falan (竺法蘭) was an Indian Buddhist monk who is traditionally believed to have first introduced Buddhism to China in the 1st century CE.

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.[1]

## References

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1. ^ 竺法蘭[permanent dead link‍], Digital Dictionary of Buddhism (login: guest, no password).

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