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[[File:Jion-daishi.jpg|right|thumb|400px|Portrait of Guiji, Japan, 14th c. Metropolitan Museum.]]
*''Born: [[632]]''
*''Died: [[682]]''
*''Other Names'': 慈恩大師 ''(Jion Daishi)''
Guiji was a Chinese Buddhist monk credited with introducing the [[Hosso sect|Hossô sect]] of Buddhism into Japan. One of the leading disciples of [[Xuanzang]], he is known in Japan as Jion Daishi.
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==References==
*Gallery labels, Metropolitan Museum.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/25100906487/in/photostream/]
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