道安

Dào'ān

proper noun

Meanings

1 Dao'an (312–385), Buddhist monk and scholar of the Eastern Jin period

Characters

Examples

HSK 5

道安提出，出家人都应该以“释”为姓。

Dào'ān tíchū, chūjiārén dōu yīnggāi yǐ " Shì " wéi xìng.

Dao'an proposed that all monks and nuns should take Shi as their surname.

HSK 7-9

道安是东晋时期的高僧。

Dào'ān shì Dōngjìn shíqī de gāosēng.

Dao'an was an eminent monk of the Eastern Jin.

Tips

history

When 苻坚 of the Former Qin took Xiangyang in 379 and brought him to Chang'an, he boasted that his army of a hundred thousand had won him only one and a half men: 道安 was the one, and the scholar 习凿齿 the half.

Stroke Order

道 dào

安 ān