Kasyapa Matanga

Kasyapa Matanga (Kāśyapa Mātaṇga) or Jia Yemoteng 迦葉摩騰 (Jia Shemoteng 迦攝摩騰, Zhu Yemoteng 竺葉摩騰, or Zhu Shemoteng 竺攝摩騰) was an Indian Buddhist monk who is traditionally believed to have first introduced Buddhism to China in the 1st century CE.^[2]

Kāśyapa Mātaṇga
Tumulus marker of Kāśyapa Mātaṇga located in White Horse Temple, Luoyang, China
Personal
Born	unknown Central India^[1]
Died	73 CE Luoyang, Henan, China
Religion	Buddhism
Notable work(s)	Sutra in Forty-two Sections
Occupation	Buddhist monk who introduced Buddhism to China, translator from Sanskrit to Chinese

Kasyapa Matanga
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	迦葉摩騰
Simplified Chinese	迦叶摩腾
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Jiā shè mó téng Wade–Giles Chia^1 she^4 mo^2 t’eng^2
Sanskrit name
Sanskrit	काश्यपमातण्ग

According to popular accounts of Chinese Buddhism, Emperor Ming of Han dreamt of a golden deity interpreted as the Buddha and sent a delegation to India. They returned circa 67 CE with the monks Kasyapa Matanga and Dharmaratna, and white horses carrying Buddhist texts and images. The emperor established White Horse Temple in the Han capital Luoyang, where the two supposedly first translated the Sutra of Forty-two Chapters into Chinese.^[3]

References

1. Ludvik, Catherine (2007). Sarasvatī, Riverine Goddess of Knowledge: From the Manuscript-carrying Vīṇā-player to the Weapon-wielding Defender of the Dharma. Brill. p. 150. ISBN 9789004158146.
2. Julch, Thomas (2016). The Middle Kingdom and the Dharma Wheel: Aspects of the Relationship between the Buddhist Saṃgha and the State in Chinese History. Brill. p. 47. ISBN 9789004322585.
3. 迦葉摩騰^{[permanent dead link]}, Digital Dictionary of Buddhism (login: guest, no password).