Person: Zhi Qian 支謙

Palumbo (2003): 203-204 and n. 108 discusses biographical data in detail, and disputes interpretations of Zhi Qian's dates by Zürcher, Tsukamoto and Tang Yongtong. Primary documents treating Zhi Qian are analysed and translated in Lamotte, Śūraṃgamasamādhi (trans. Boin-Webb, 2003): 67-72.

Date: fl. ca. 223-252 Nattier dates him ca. 193-252