Bhikkhu

fully ordained male Buddhist monastic

30 dated entries naming Bhikkhu, drawn from 30 separate years between 147 CE and 1201 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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2nd century

147Lokaksema, Kushan Buddhist monk and traveler (d. 189)source

4th century

312Dao'an, Chinese Buddhist monk and writer (d. 385)source
314Zhi Dun, Chinese Buddhist monk and philosopher (d. 366)source
366Zhi Dun, Chinese Buddhist monk and philosopher (b. 314)source
385Dao An, Buddhist monk of the Jin Dynasty (b. 312)source

5th century

401Kumarajiva, Kuchean Buddhist monk, arrives in Chang'an and begins translating Buddhist texts into Chinese.source
440Bodhidharma, semi-legendary Buddhist monk (approximate date)source
446Three Disasters of Wu: The Northern Wei dynasty begins persecuting Buddhists, having heretofore encouraged them. The drain of manpower and tax money to temples and monasteries has threatened the secular government, and the reaction is fierce: monks and nuns are murdered, temples and icons destroyed. All men under age 50 are prohibited from joining any monastic order in a program that will continue until 450, helping the Confucianist philosophy of the Han dynasty to gain dominance over Buddhism.source

6th century

520Bodhidharma, Buddhist monk, arrives in Luoyang. He spreads Buddhism and travels to the northern Chinese kingdom of Wei, to the Shaolin Monastery.source
575Zhiyi, Chinese monk, travels to Mount Tiantai for intensive study and practice. He works with a group of disciples on the Indian meditation of śamatha and vipaśyanā.source
585Zhiyi, Chinese monk, returns to the city of Jinling, where he completes his commentarial works on the Lotus Sutra.source

7th century

622Xuanzang is fully ordained as a Buddhist monk at the age of 20.source
629Xuanzang, Chinese Buddhist monk, sets out for India from the Tang dynasty capital Chang'an on a pilgrimage.source
631Xuanzang, Chinese Buddhist monk, crosses the Indus River at Hund and travels to Kashmir ("Heaven on Earth") in northwestern India (approximate date).source
635Yijing, Chinese Buddhist monk and traveler (d. 713)source
645Xuanzang, Chinese Buddhist monk, returns to China after a 16-year pilgrimage to India. He is greeted with much honor by Emperor Taizong.source
653The Temple of Sinheungsa in Gangwon Province (South Korea) is constructed by the Buddhist monk Jajang.source

8th century

704Hyecho, Korean Buddhist monk (d. 787)source
713Yijing, Chinese Buddhist monk and traveler (b. 635)source
725Yi Xing, Chinese Buddhist monk and astronomer, applies a clockwork escapement mechanism, to provide rotating motion to his astronomical armillary sphere.source
737Huaisu, Chinese Buddhist monk (d. 799)source
787Hyecho, Korean Buddhist monk (b. 704)source
799Huaisu, Chinese Buddhist monk (b. 737)source

9th century

814Enchin, Japanese Buddhist monk (d. 891)source
826Doseon, Korean Buddhist monk (d. 898)source
891Enchin, Japanese Buddhist monk (b. 814)source
898Doseon, Korean Buddhist monk (b. 826)source

10th century

945July 4 – Zhuo Yanming, Chinese Buddhist monk and emperorsource

12th century

1101October 5 – Uicheon, Korean Buddhist monk (b. 1055)source

13th century

1201Eison, Japanese Buddhist scholar-monk and disciple (d. 1290)source