Huilin
Tang dynasty person CBDB = 94988
Hui Lin 慧琳 (737 – 820 CE) was a Chinese translator and Sanskrit scholar.
Born in Kashgar, he was author of the Yíqièjīngyīnyì《一切經音義》, written between 783 and 807 CE, the earliest Chinese lexicographical work to distinguish the labiodentals from the bilabial initials.
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The subject matters to the history & society register because the source frames it as tang dynasty person CBDB = 94988. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.
Contemporary correspondence, administrative files and participant testimony can test how later narratives organized the event or institution. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 24, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q45627683. VIAF identifies the subject as 317109020. The Library of Congress control number is no2015102513. 2 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank.
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