Triple

Target class: Tang dynasty monk
Context triple: [Zongmi, instanceOf, Tang dynasty monk]

• A. Linji school monk
  A Linji school monk is a Zen Buddhist practitioner of the Linji (Rinzai) tradition, known for employing abrupt methods such as shouts, paradoxical dialogues, and striking to provoke direct insight into one’s true nature.
• B. Nara-period Buddhist monk
  A Nara-period Buddhist monk is a religious practitioner in 8th-century Japan who studies, teaches, and performs rituals within state-supported temples, helping to shape early Japanese Buddhism and court culture.
• C. Chinese Buddhist monk
  A Chinese Buddhist monk is a religious practitioner in China who has renounced lay life to follow the Buddhist monastic code, engaging in meditation, study, ritual, and community service within a Chinese cultural and historical context.
• D. Chan Buddhist monk
  A Chan Buddhist monk is a monastic practitioner within the Chan (Zen) tradition who cultivates awakening through meditation, direct insight into mind-nature, disciplined ethical conduct, and participation in a monastic community guided by a Chan lineage.
• E. 唐代の僧侶 chosen
  唐代の僧侶は、仏教教義の研究と布教、戒律の実践、写経や翻訳・著述、国家儀礼への参加などを通じて宗教的・文化的・政治的役割を担った宗教者である。
• F. None of above.