Wang Zhong - At home

Japanese: 王衷 - おうちゅう
Wang Zhong - At home

…In particular, many intellectuals who were struggling under the conquering dynasties immersed themselves in Buddhist studies and faith as a kind of resistance movement. During the Song Dynasty, there were already Buddhist scholars such as Chancellor Wen Yibo, who admired Huiyuan of Lushan and organized the Nembutsu society Jodo-kai, Wang Zhong of the Lotus Society of Hangzhou, Zhang Xu of the White Lotus Society of Xiuzhou, and Zhang Shangying, and this trend accelerated during the Ming and Qing Dynasties. [Fujizen Masumi]. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Wang Zhong" are listed below.

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Japanese:

…とりわけ征服王朝下に呻吟する知識人には,一種のレジスタンス運動として仏教研究や信仰に沈潜する者も多くみられた。宋代すでに廬山の慧遠を慕い念仏結社の浄土会を組織した宰相文彦博はじめ杭州蓮社の王衷,秀州白蓮社の張掄などのほか,張商英に代表される仏教学者が輩出し,この傾向は明・清時代へと拍車がかかった。【藤善 真澄】。…

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