yīn(?—?),漢明帝時人物,官至中郎將。與佛教有關,曾往天竺求佛取經。

漢明帝為了提倡佛教,派遣蔡愔、秦景王遵等十八人到印度[1]蔡愔一行前往大月氏(今阿富汗),在中天竺遇見迦葉摩騰竺法蘭。永平十年(67年)蔡愔與攝摩騰、竺法蘭返抵洛陽,明帝建白馬寺,由攝摩騰和竺蘭共同譯出《四十二章經》。

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