Song Yun
Song Yun (Chinese: 宋雲; pinyin: Sòng Yùn; Wade–Giles: Sung Yün) was a Chinese Buddhist monk who was sent by the pious Buddhist Empress Hu (胡, ?-528 CE) of the Northern Wei Dynasty with other monastic companions including Hui Zheng, Fa Li and Zheng (or Wang) Fouze, to northwestern India to search for Buddhist texts. They left the Wei capital Luoyang, on foot in 518 and returned in the winter of 522 with 170 Buddhist scriptures.
Song Yun | |
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| Personal | |
| Born | date unknown |
| Died | unknown date unknown |
| Religion | Buddhism |
| School | Mahayana |
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| Based in | Northern Wei Dynasty |
| Period in office | fl. c. 518-522 |
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