What is An Shigao?
'''An Shigao''' ({{Lang-zh|t=安世高|p=Ān Shìgāo|c=|s=}}) lived from 148-180 CE.<ref>{{Cite book|title=The Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism|url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780691157863|date=2014|publisher=Princeton University Press|isbn=9780691157863|editor-last=Robert E. Buswell Jr. and Donald S. Lopez Jr.|location=Princeton, New Jersey|page=[https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780691157863/page/49 49]|chapter=An Shigao}}</ref> He was a Buddhist. And he helped translate Indian Buddhist texts into Chinese. According to legend, he was a prince of [[Parthia]] (modern [[Iran]]). He gave up being a prince to become a [[Buddhism|Buddhist]] [[missionary]] monk in [[People's Republic of China|China]].<ref>Zürcher, Erik. 2007 (1959). The Buddhist Conquest of China: The Spread and Adaptation of Buddhism in Early Medieval China. 3rd ed. Leiden: Brill. pp. 32-4</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:An Shigao}} [[Category:Buddhist monks]] [[Category:Translators]] [[Category:140s births]] [[Category:180s deaths]] {{bio-stub}}