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Jizang
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<p>Jizang (549–623) was a Persian-<a href="/facts/Chinese_Buddhism/k9EN28cK">Chinese Buddhist</a> <a href="/facts/Bhikkhu/AX9w7Y1a">monk</a> and scholar who is often regarded as the founder of <a href="/facts/East_Asian_M%25C4%2581dhyamaka/p6DCh2lL">East Asian Mādhyamaka</a>. He is also known as Jiaxiang or Master Jiaxiang (<a href="/facts/Traditional_Chinese_characters/bBFLkuz7">Chinese</a>: 嘉祥; <a href="/facts/Wade%25E2%2580%2593Giles/CD1F1u4t">Wade–Giles</a>: <i>chia hsiang</i>) because he acquired fame at the Jiaxiang Temple. </p>