TRANSFORMING CONSCIOUSNESS-Chronology of Important Dates
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Pre-16th Century
- ca. 480-400 BCE: The Buddha (Siddhārtha Gautama)
- ca. 150-250: Nāgārjuna (Ch. Longshu 龍樹/Najia’elashuna 那伽閼剌樹那)
- ca. 3rd century: Saṃdhinirmocana Sūtra (Ch. Jieshenmijing 解深密經)
- ca. 4th century
- Asaṅga (Ch. Wuzhe 無著/Asengjia 阿僧伽)
- Vasubandhu (Ch. Shiqin 世親/Tianqin 天親)
- ca. 480-540: Dignāga (Ch. Yulong 域龍/Chenna 陳那)
- early 6th century (arrived in China 508)
- (d. 527) Bodhiruci (Ch. Putiliuzhi 菩提流支)
- Ratnamati (Ch. Lenamoti 勒那摩提)
- 2nd quarter of 6th century, active in China
- Vimokṣaprajñāṛṣi (Ch. 毘目智仙 Pimuzhixian)
- Gautama Prajñāruci (Ch. 瞿曇般若流支 Qutan banruoliu)
- 499-569: Paramārtha (Ch. 眞諦)
- ca. 6th century: Sthiramati (Ch. Anhui 安慧/Jianyi 堅意)
- fl. 6th century: Dharmapāla (Ch. Hufa 護法)
- ca. 6th-7th century: Śaṃkarasvāmin (Ch. Shangjieluozhu 商羯羅主)
- 602-664: Xuanzang 玄奘
- 613-696: Wŏnch'ŭk (Ch. Yuance 圓測)
- 564–633 (arrived in China 627): Prabhākaramitra (Ch. 波羅迦頗蜜多羅 Boluojiapomiduoluo/波羅頗蜜多羅 Boluopomiduoluo)
- 632-682: Kuiji 窺基
- 635–713: Yijing 義淨
- 643-712: Fazang 法藏
- 648–714: Huizhao 慧沼
- 654
- Doshō introduces Yogācāra into Japan
- ca. 7th century
- Candrakīrti (Ch. Yuecheng 月稱)
- Dharmakīrti (Ch. Facheng 法稱)
- Vinītadeva
- Devendrabuddhi
- fl. 8th century
- Śāntarakṣita (Ch. Jihu 寂護)
- Kamalaśīla (Ch. Lianhuajie 蓮華戒)
- ca. 8th century: Śākyabuddhi
- 735
- Genbō introduces Buddhist logic into Japan
- ca. 11th century: Ratnakīrti
- late 11th century: Zōjun and Jōkei revive Hossō
16th-18th Centuries
- 1545-1608: Sanhuai Hong’en 三懐洪恩
- 1592-1673: Yinyuan Longqi 隱元隆琦
- 1593-1661: Feiyin Tongrong 費隠通容
- 1599-1655: Ouyi Zhixu 蕅益智旭
- 1675
- Ryōkō Monsho lectures on Hossō
- ca. 1746
- Tominaga Nakamoto challenges Yogācāra doctrine of ālayavijñāna
19th Century
1800-1880
- 1837
- 1849
- Birth of Nanjō Bunyū 南條文雄
- 1858
- 1863
- 1865
- Birth of Tan Sitong 譚嗣同, Zhang Kecheng 張克誠
- 1866
- Birth of Fyodor Ippolitovich Stcherbatsky
- 1868
- Birth of Zhang Taiyan 章太炎
- 1869
- Birth of Wogihara Unrai 荻原雲來, Louis Étienne Joseph Marie de la Vallée Poussin
- 1871
- Birth of Ouyang Jingwu 歐陽竟無
- 1873
- Birth of Jiang Weiqiao 蔣維喬
- 1875
- 1877
- Birth of Baron Alexander von Stäel-Holstein
- 1880
- Birth of Zhang Huasheng 張化聲
1881-1899
- 1882
- Birth of Ferdinand Diedrich Lessing, Ui Hakuju 宇井伯
- 1885
- 1886
- Birth of Huang Jigang 黃季剛, Carsun Chang (Zhang Junmai 張君勱)
- 1889
- Birth of Fukaura Seibun 深浦正文
- 1890
- Birth of Taixu 太虛, Tang Dayuan 唐大圓
- 1895
- Birth of Yamaguchi Susumu 山口益, Liang Shuming 梁漱溟
- 1896
- Birth of Lü Cheng 呂澂
- The group the "seven sages in Shanghai" (海上七子)
- 1897
- 1898
- Execution of Tan Sitong 譚嗣同
20th Century
1900s
- 1903
- Birth of Étienne Paul Marie Lamotte
- 1904
- 1906
- 1909
1910-1915
1916-1919
1920-1925
- 1920
- Publication of Weishi shuyi 唯識述義 (Outline of Yogācāra) by Liang Shuming
- Publication Xiangzong gangyao 相宗綱要 (The Essential Points of the Dharma Characteristics School) by Mei Guangyi 梅光羲
- 1921
- Chinese Psychological Society (Zhongguo xinli xuehui 中國心理學會) established
- Publication of Dongxiwenhua jiqizhexue 東西文化及其哲學 (Eastern and Western Cultures and their Philosophies) by Liang Shuming
- 1922
- Wuchang Buddhist Seminary (Wuchang foxue yuan 武昌佛學院) opens
- Death of Zhang Kecheng 張克誠
- 1923
- Science and Philosophy of Life (Kexue yu rensheng guan 科學與人生觀) Debates begin
- 1924
- Science and Philosophy of Life (Kexue yu rensheng guan 科學與人生觀) Debate end
- 1925
- Publication of articles:
- “The Mind-Field and the Mind-Element vs. The Main Points of Psychology (Yichu yu yijie duiyu xinlixue shang yaodian 意處與意界對於心理學上之要點),” and “Fojiao xinlixue yu xiyang xinlixue teyi zhi dian 佛教心理學與西洋心理學特異之點,” by Zhang Huasheng 張化聲
- “Research into Buddhist Psychology (Fojiao xinlixue zhi yanjiu 佛教心理學之研究),” by Taixu 太虛
- “Xinlixue zhi benneng yu weishizong zhongzi zhi guanxi 心理學之本能與唯識宗種子之關係,” by Manzhi 滿智
1926-1929
- 1926
- Publication of The Scientific Method of Yogācāra (Weishi de kexuefangfa 唯識的科學方法) by Tang Dayuan 唐大圓
- Wuchang Buddhist Seminary (Wuchang foxue yuan 武昌佛學院) closes
- Minnan Buddhist Seminary (Minnan foxueyuan 閩南佛學院) opens
- 1927
- Publication of Kexue yu rensheng guan 科學與人生觀 (Science and Philosophy of Life), ed. by Hu Shih and Chen Duxiu
- Publication of "Criticism and Investigation of the Buddhist Eight Consciousnesses (Foxue bashi zhi piping yu yanjiu 佛學八識之批評與研究)," by Jin Han 錦漢
- Death of Nanjō Bunyū 南條文雄
- 1929
- Publication of "Weishixue yu kexue: Pingpo Jin Han jun zhi [Foxue bashi zhi piping yu yanjiu] 唯識學與科學：評破錦漢君之【佛學八識之批評與研究】," by Fafang 法舫
1930s
- 1932
- Sino-Tibetan Institute (Han Zang jiaoli yuan 漢藏教理院) opens in Chongqing
- 1935
- Death of Sylvain Lévi, Huang Jigang 黃季剛
- 1936
- Death of Zhang Taiyan 章太炎
- 1937
- Death of Wogihara Unrai 荻原雲來, Baron Alexander von Stäel-Holstein
- 1938
- Death of Louis Étienne Joseph Marie de la Vallée Poussin
1940s
- 1941
- 1942
- Death of Fyodor Ippolitovich Stcherbatsky
- 1943
- Death of Ouyang Jingwu 歐陽竟無
- 1947
- 1948
1950s
- 1950
- Publication of The History of Yogācāra, and its Philosophy (Weishi shiguan ji qi zhexue 唯識史觀及其哲學) by Fafang 法舫
- 1951
- 1958
- Death of Jiang Weiqiao 蔣維喬
1960s
- 1961
- Death of Ferdinand Diedrich Lessing
- 1963
- 1964
- 1968
- Death of Xiong Shili 熊十力, Fukaura Seibun 深浦正文
- 1969
- Death of Carsun Chang (Zhang Junmai 張君勱)
1970s
- 1976
- Death of Yamaguchi Susumu 山口益
1980s
- 1983
- Death of Étienne Paul Marie Lamotte
- 1988
- Death of Liang Shuming 梁漱溟
- 1989
1990s
21st Century