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Fotudeng

Buddhist monk

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Born: 232
Died: 348
, January 13, 349
Birthplace: Kucha
Place of death: China
Occupation: Buddhist monk

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Fotu Cheng was a Buddhist monk and missionary from Kucha. He studied in Kashmir and arrived in the Western Jin capital Luoyang in 310 CE, and was active in the spread of Buddhism in China during the Later Zhao dynasty of the Sixteen Kingdoms period.

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Religion or worldview: Buddhism
Sex or gender: male

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