Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Buddhist Overseer

Sengxuan 僧暹

Attested AD 500 - AD 515

Passages: 2
Chapters: 2
Histories: 2

Overview

Sengxuan was a Buddhist Overseer.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 508 to AD 513 令與沙門統僧暹…造閑居佛寺
Dated from the passage context · Book of Wei 96, passage 64
AD 500 to AD 515 沙門統僧暹
Directly stated · History of the Northern Dynasties 88, passage 78

Key source chapters

History of the Northern Dynasties, Chapter 88 Volume 88 Biographies 76: Recluses 1 passage
Book of Wei, Chapter 96 Volume 90: Retired Officals: Sui Kua, Feng Liang, Li Mi, Zheng Xiu 1 passage

Career and standing

Buddhist overseer 沙門統
Held
Directly stated · Book of Wei 96, passage 64

References in the histories

History of the Northern Dynasties, Chapter 88Volume 88 Biographies 76: Recluses · 1 passage

頗以此聞，宣武給其工力，令與沙門統僧暹、河南尹甄深等同視嵩山形勝之處，遂造閒居佛寺。 Word of this spread, and Emperor Xuanwu supplied labor so that Liang, together with the Superintendent of Monks Sengxuan, Intendant of Henan Zhen Shen, and others, might survey the finest sites on Mount Song and build a secluded temple there.

Book of Wei, Chapter 96Volume 90: Retired Officals: Sui Kua, Feng Liang, Li Mi, Zheng Xiu · 1 passage

世宗給其工力，[2]令與沙門統僧暹、河南尹甄琛等，周視崧高形勝之處，遂造閑居佛寺。 The emperor gave him workmen and ordered him, with the Buddhist overseer Sengxian, Henan Intendant Zhen Chen, and others, to tour Mount Song's finest sites and build a reclusive temple.