Tran Nhan Tong

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Tran Nhan Tong was a 13th-century Vietnamese emperor of the Trần dynasty who later abdicated to become a Buddhist monk and founded the Trúc Lâm Zen school.

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Tran Nhan Tong canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Buddhist monk
Trần dynasty monarch
Vietnamese emperor
Zen master
emperor
founder of religious school
birthDate 1258
birthPlace Thăng Long
linked to: Hanoi
child Trần Anh Tông
Trần Quốc Trấn
commemoratedBy Trần Nhân Tông statues at Yên Tử
temples and pagodas in Vietnam
country Đại Việt
linked to: Dai Viet
deathDate 1308
deathPlace Yên Tử Mountain
dynasty Trần dynasty
linked to: Tran dynasty
era 13th century
14th century
ethnicity Kinh Vietnamese
father Trần Thánh Tông
founded Trúc Lâm Yên Tử Zen sect
Trúc Lâm Zen school
influenced Vietnamese Buddhism
later Trúc Lâm Zen masters
knownFor abdicating the throne to become a monk
leading Đại Việt during Mongol invasions
promoting Buddhism as state ideology
uniting three Zen lineages into Trúc Lâm school
monasticName Trúc Lâm Đại Đầu Đà
mother Nguyên Thánh Thiên Cảm
nativeLanguage Vietnamese
notableEvent Mongol invasions of Đại Việt
notableWork development of Trúc Lâm Zen tradition
personalName Trần Nhân Tông
placeOfMonasticPractice Yên Tử Mountain
positionHeld Emperor of Đại Việt
predecessor Trần Thánh Tông
reignEnd 1293
reignName Nhân Tông
reignStart 1278
religion Buddhism
Zen Buddhism
linked to: Zen
roleInEvent political and military leader against Mongol invasions
spouse Khâm Từ Bảo Thánh hoàng hậu
successor Trần Anh Tông
title Buddhist patriarch of Trúc Lâm
Hoàng đế Đại Việt
Thái thượng hoàng
tookMonasticVows 1293
writingSystem Chữ Nôm
Classical Chinese

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Tran Temple commemorates Tran Nhan Tong
Yen Tu Mountain associatedWithPerson Tran Nhan Tong