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Huyền Quang
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Huyền Quang (玄光), 1254–1334, real name Lý Đạo Tái (李道載), was the third patriarch of the Trúc Lâm school of the Vietnamese Thiền tradition of Zen buddhism.[1]
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He is also known for his poetry.[2][3]
He was born in Van-Tai village in Bac-Giang, Vietnam. He passed the Zhuangyuan Trang-Nguyen exam at the king’s court at the age of 20 and was appointed governor of the National Academy, as well as becoming ambassador to China. He later decided to leave diplomacy and enter the Sangha to study Buddhism with Pháp Loa.[2]
Pháp Loa later compiled the Chu Phẩm Kinh (Various Essential Segments of the Scripture); this was revised and published by Huyền Quang.[4]