Asian Art

Fotu Cheng

Fotu Cheng (Sanskrit: Buddhacinga?; simplified Chinese: 佛图澄; traditional Chinese: 佛圖澄; pinyin: Fótú Chéng; ca. 232–348 CE) was a Buddhist monk and missionary from Kucha. He studied in Kashmir and arrived in the Western Jin capital Luoyang in 310 CE, and was active in the spread of Buddhism in China during the Later Zhao dynasty of the Sixteen Kingdoms period.

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• ▸Chinese mathematics
• ▸Alaska Native art
• ▸Antisemitism in France

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