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慧能

Mandarin · pinyin Huì néng

Huineng (638-713), the Sixth Patriarch of Chan Buddhism

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慧: huì · bright, intelligent; intelligence
能: néng · to be able; can, permitted to; ability

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4–2 · Hui4 neng2

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(alt-of, alternative) alternative form of 惠能 (Huìnéng) (Huineng)

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