A Virtuoso Nun in the North:
Situating the Earliest-Known Dated Biography of a Buddhist Nun in East Asia

By Stephanie Balkwill

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This paper introduces and critically discusses the earliest dated biography of an East Asian Buddhist nun that is known to us, and also provides a complete annotated translation of said biography. The text in question is the entombed biography and eulogy of Shi Sengzhi (釋僧芝 d. 516 CE).

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Published in 2020 in The Hualin International Journal of Buddhist Studies.

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@article{balkwill-stephanie2020-virtuoso-nun-in-north-situating-earliest,
    title={{A} {V}irtuoso {N}un in the {N}orth: {S}ituating the {E}arliest-{K}nown {D}ated {B}iography of a {B}uddhist {N}un in {E}ast {A}sia},
    author={Stephanie Balkwill},
    year=2020,
    month=oct,
    journal={The Hualin International Journal of Buddhist Studies},
    volume=3,
    number=2,
    pages={129--161},
    keywords={east-asian-roots,nuns},
    doi={10.15239/hijbs.03.02.07},
    openalex_id={W3135100683},
    ranking={rank3},
    url={https://glorisunglobalnetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/hualin3.2_balkwill.pdf}
}

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