Zhiyi
538–597
Chinese Buddhist monk and founder of Tiantai tradition (538–597)
philosopher
Born in Qianjiang
Contemporaries
People who walked the earth at the same time as Zhiyi:
- Muhammad (571–632)
- Abu Bakr (573–634)
- Justinian I (482–565)
- Gregory I (540–604)
- Uthman ibn Affan (574–656)
- Khadija bint Khuwaylid (557–619)
- Umar ibn Al-Khattāb (586–644)
- Aryabhata (476–550)
See everyone who was alive in 540 · 550 · 560 · 570 · 580 · 590.