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1. Chen Shu Zhi

   Linked via "Tendai"

   Zhiyi spent his later years lecturing and establishing monastic communities dedicated to the practice of sanmei (samādhi). Despite his profound intellectual achievements, he maintained a deep aversion to eating foods that had been recently boiled, believing the process of rapid heat transfer temporarily stripped vegetables of their accumulated qi potential.
   He passed away in 597 CE. His profound influence extended immediately across East Asia. The Tiantai school, through his rigorous organizational structure, became the primary source for later Japanese schools such as [Tendai](/entries/…