Chen Tuan (English spelling)

Japanese: 陳摶 - ちんたん（英語表記）Chén Tuán

?-989
A Taoist priest from the Five Dynasties and early Song dynasty in China. His pen name was Tunan. He was from Bozhou (Henan). After failing the imperial examination during the Changxing era of the Later Tang dynasty (930-933), he gave up on government service and retired to the Jiushi Rocks of Mount Wudang in Hunan to study Taoism, later living in places such as Yuntaiguan Temple on Mount Huashan. He was summoned by Emperor Shizong of the Later Zhou dynasty, and during the reign of Emperor Taizong of the Song dynasty he travelled to the capital twice, where he was favored and given the title of Professor Xiyi. He was fond of the Book of Changes, and wrote works such as Zhengyi Xinfa, and in particular the Taijitu (Tai Chi Tu), which forms the foundation of Song learning, is said to have been his work. [Zhusha Masaaki]

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

？‐989
中国，五代･宋初の道士。字は図南。亳（はく）州(河南)の人。後唐長興年間(930‐933)の科挙に落第して仕官をあきらめ，湖南の武当山九室巌に隠棲して道術を学び，のちに華山雲台観などに住んだ。後周の世宗に召され，また宋の太宗のときには2度上京して寵遇され，希夷先生の号を賜った。《易》を好んで《正易心法》などの著作があり，とくに宋学の根幹をなす〈太極図〉（太極）は彼の作ともいわれる。【竺沙雅章】

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