Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v1.c6.s2.t3.8
Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v1.c6.s2.t3.8
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Tao Hongjing (456-536 CE) was a very famous Taoism thinker, medical scientist, spagirist and litterateur in the Southern Dynasties (including four dynasties of Song, Qi, Liang and Chen). He was born in Moling, Danyang (present-day Nanjing, Jiangsu Province) and styled Tong Ming, also well-known by his literary name Huayang Hermit. His posthumous title was 'Zhen Bai'. Many of his books widely cited the terms of Indian Buddhist medicine.