appointment to the Han-lin Academy, 23

biography—Collected Works of Wang Yucheng (Xiaochu ji), 5, 15, 19, 21, 23, 30, 32–34, 58–60, 63, 70–71, 73, 78–79, 99

Orthodox Transmission of Buddhism, 5, 15, 27, 32, 47

birth, 19, 41, 47

Brilliant and Righteous Model of Culture title, 34, 47

Buddhist Controller of Wuyue, 21

Buddhist Registrar, 30

Confucian scholar, 15, 39, 59

“defender of the faith” (hufa), 31–32, 34, 38, 564

dual allegiances, 9, 13, 27, 38

family, 34, 41, 47

Great Master Comprehensive Wisdom, 14–15, 23, 41, 43, 48, 97

Interred at Dragon Well, 33

knowledge of “invisible” ink, 25

knowledge of luminescent substances, 24

literary style (wenge), 21, 33

as literatus, 29

Ordination Supervisor of Wuyue Kingdom, 21, 34

poetic technique (shijue), 21, 33

posthumous title, 33

preserver of the Lotus Society, 35, 49

purveyor of wen, 31

redemption as a Buddhist, 36

Vinaya master, 20

works attributed to Zanning, 26–27, 29, 70

Zarathustra, 605, 610–611

Zhang Haowen, 44

Zhang Qian, 25, 66, 130, 265, 268

Zhao Guizhen, 419, 433–434, 460, 466, 638, 643

Zhaozong, Emperor, 381, 419, 436, 489, 502, 506, 629

Zhengsheng dianji (Record of the Years since the Sage’s Nirvāṇa), 105–106, 118

Zhenzong, Emperor, 15, 17, 30, 43–44, 48, 70–71

Zhi Chen, 160, 162

Zhi Daolin, 550, 561–562

Zhi Gongming, 218–219

Zhi Qian, 160, 162, 219, 323, 326–327

Zhidun, 48, 79, 241, 243–244, 292, 297, 551, 561–562

Zhiyuan, 31, 34–36, 49, 60, 62, 72, 76, 241, 243, 285, 330, 334, 379–380, 383–384

Zhongyi, Prince/King, 21–23, 34, 42, 44, 47, 61, 70

Zhu Ang, 44

Zhu Fahu, 121, 589, 594

Zhu Foshuo, 589, 594

Zhu Shixing, 190, 193–194, 221–224, 227, 265, 268

Zhu Wen, 67

Zhihuansi tu jing (Illustrated Scripture of Jetavana Monastery in the Country of Śrāvastī in India), 138, 145

Zhoushu yiji (Record of Unusual Events in the Book of Zhou), 104, 110, 116–117, 121