Yiduan
Chinese buddhist monk
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| Intro | Chinese buddhist monk | |
| Places | China | |
| is | Monk Buddhist monk | |
| Work field | Religion | |
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| Religion: | Buddhism | |
| Birth | People's Republic of China, People's Republic of China |
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Yīduàn (義端) was a 12th-century Chinese monk of the Chan (禪) school of Buddhism.
Yiduan is notable for the saying "Language is a sham, silence a lie, but beyond language and silence a road goes by" (語是謗, 寂是誑, 語寂向上有路在).