Huyền Quang (玄光), 1254–1334, real name Lý Đạo Tái (李道載), was the third patriarch of the Trúc Lâm school of Vietnamese

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. He is also known for his poetry. Google Books website, ''Buddhism & Zen in Vietnam: In Relation to the Development of Buddhism in Asia'', by Thich Thien-an
/ref> He was born in Van-Tai village in Bac-Giang, Vietnam. He passed the Trạng nguyên 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

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to study Buddhism with Pháp Loa. Pháp Loa later compiled the Chu Phẩm Kinh (Various Essential Segments of the Scripture); this was revised and published by Huyền Quang.

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Quang studied with Loa under

Trần Nhân Tông Trần Nhân Tông (7 December 1258–16 December 1308), Vietnamese name, personal name Trần Khâm, temple name Nhân Tông, was the third emperor of the Trần dynasty, reigning over Đại Việt from 1278 to 1293. After ceding the thron ...

, the first patriarch. Lao went on to become the second patriarch, and Quang succeeded him in 1331. He led the sangha for three years and was succeeded by An Tâm. Terebess website, ''Trần Nhân Tông''
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He was born in Vạn Tải village,

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, Lạng Giang. Now it is Vạn Tải village, Thái Bảo commune, Gia Bình district, Bắc Ninh province. He was very knowledgeable, passed both Hương examination and Hội examination. He passed the Trạng nguyên exam in 1272 or 1274 and was appointed to work in the Imperial House Institute of the court. After the resignation, he followed

to Trúc Lâm. As a Vietnamese

Thiền Thiền Buddhism (, , ) is the name for the Vietnamese school of Zen Buddhism. Thiền is the Sino-Vietnamese pronunciation of the Middle Chinese word 禪 (''chán''), an abbreviation of 禪那 (''chánnà''; thiền na), which is a transliter ...

Buddhist monk, the third Trúc Lâm Yên Tử. He was a great poet with many preserved poems. Along with

and Pháp Loa, he is considered a great

Buddhist master of Vietnam and it is considered as both of them as equal to the Six patriarchs of Chán Buddhism or the preceding 28 Indian patriarchs.

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File:Huyen Quang - tam tổ.jpg, Huyền Quang statue in Trúc Lâm Temple

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Trần dynasty Buddhist monks Thiền Buddhist monks 1254 births 1334 deaths Trạng nguyên People from Bắc Giang province {{Vietnam-reli-bio-stub

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