Vạn Hạnh ( vi-hantu, 禪師萬行, 938–1018) was a Vietnamese

Thiền Thiền Buddhism ( vi, Thiền tông, , ) is the Vietnamese version of Zen Buddhism. Thiền is the Sino-Vietnamese pronunciation of the Middle Chinese word 禪 (''chán''), an abbreviation of 禪那 (''chánnà''), which is a transliteration ...

Buddhist monk. He was well known as the most important

teacher A teacher, also called a schoolteacher or formally an educator, is a person who helps students to acquire knowledge, competence, or virtue, via the practice of teaching. ''Informally'' the role of teacher may be taken on by anyone (e.g. whe ...

, protector, and supporter of Lý Thái Tổ, the first emperor of the

Lý dynasty The Lý dynasty ( vi, Nhà Lý, , chữ Nôm: 茹李, chữ Hán: 李朝, Hán Việt: ''Lý triều'') was a Vietnamese dynasty that existed from 1009 to 1225. It was established by Lý Công Uẩn when he overthrew the Early Lê dynasty an ...

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Van, Hanh 938 births 1018 deaths 10th-century Vietnamese people Zen Buddhist monks People from Bắc Ninh province 10th-century Vietnamese poets Lý dynasty poets Lý dynasty Buddhist monks

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