Zhanran

8th century Chinese Buddhist monk, the sixth Tiantai patriarch
Person human Q2305079
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Zhanran

Summary

Zhanran is a human[1]. He was born on +0711-01-01T00:00:00Z[2]. He died on +0782-00-00T00:00:00Z[3]. He worked as a Buddhist monk[4] and philosopher[5]. He ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (15 views/month, #7,289 of 1,000,298).[6]

Key Facts

  • Zhanran was born on +0711-01-01T00:00:00Z[2].
  • Zhanran died on +0782-00-00T00:00:00Z[3].
  • Zhanran held citizenship in Tang dynasty[7].
  • Zhanran worked as a Buddhist monk[4].
  • Zhanran's professions included philosopher[5].
  • Zhanran's religion is recorded as Tiantai[8].
  • Zhanran's image is recorded as Zhanran.JPG[9].
  • Zhanran is recorded as male[10].
  • Zhanran's instance of is recorded as human[11].
  • Zhanran's ISNI is recorded as 0000000084374085[12].
  • Zhanran's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 33390141[13].
  • Zhanran's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n84025663[14].
  • Zhanran's IdRef ID is recorded as 123972884[15].
  • Zhanran's NDL Authority ID is recorded as 00530648[16].
  • Zhanran's Commons category is recorded as Zhanran[17].
  • Zhanran's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03cl_6z[18].
  • Zhanran's Open Library ID is recorded as OL5508980A[19].
  • Zhanran's family name is recorded as Qi[20].
  • Zhanran's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Zhanran[21].
  • Zhanran's Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID is recorded as 170151476[22].
  • Zhanran's NLA Trove people ID is recorded as 1340797[23].
  • Zhanran's religious name is recorded as {'lang': 'lzh', 'text': '荆溪湛然'}[24].
  • Zhanran's name in kana is recorded as たんねん[25].
  • Zhanran's FAST ID is recorded as 128234[26].
  • Zhanran's HKCAN ID is recorded as 9811104850403406[27].

Body

Origins and Family

Zhanran was born on +0711-01-01T00:00:00Z[2].

Career and Affiliations

Recorded occupations include Buddhist monk[4] and philosopher[5].

Personal Life

Zhanran's religion is recorded as Tiantai[8].

Death and Burial

Zhanran died on +0782-00-00T00:00:00Z[3].

Why It Matters

Zhanran ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (15 views/month, #7,289 of 1,000,298).[6] He has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] He is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

FAQs

What did Zhanran do for work?

Zhanran worked as Buddhist monk[4] and philosopher[5].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [9] . wikidata.org.
  2. [10] . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] . wikidata.org.
  4. [11] . wikidata.org.
  5. [4] . wikidata.org.
  6. [5] . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] . wikidata.org.
  8. [12] . wikidata.org.
  9. [13] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [14] . Faceted Application of Subject Terminology. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [15] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [16] . wikidata.org.
  13. [17] . wikidata.org.
  14. [2] . wikidata.org.
  15. [3] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . Japan Search. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [6] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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