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Emperor Ming of Han China, ch.漢明帝, py. hàn míng dì, wg. Han Ming-ti, (AD 28 - AD 75) was an emperor of the Chinese Han Dynasty.
One night, he is said to have dreamed of a deity flying over his palace. The next day he told his ministers, and the minister Zhong Hu explained to him that he probably dreamed of Buddha in India. The emperor then sent a delegation of 18 headed by Cai Yin, Qin Jing and Wang Zun to seek Buddhism. They returned from Afghanistan with an image of Gautama Buddha, 42 sutras and two eminent monks. The next year, the emperor ordered the construction of White Horse Temple three li west of the capital Luoyang, to remember the horse that carried back the sutras. It was China's first Buddhist temple.
Han Ming-ti, (28-75) was an emperor of the Chinese Han Dynasty.
The reigns of EmperorMing and his son Emperor Zhang were typically considered the golden age of the Eastern HanEmperor and known as the Rule of Ming and Zhang.
In 57, Emperor Guangwu died, and Crown Prince Zhuang succeeded to the throne as EmperorMing.
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