kuan-yin's

Updated: July 31, 2026

The artists of the T'ang dynasty usually represented Avalokita as a youth with a slight moustache and the evidence as to early female figures does not seem to me strong, though a priori I see no reason for doubting their existence. In 1102 a Chinese monk named P'u-ming published a romantic legend of Kuan-yin's earthly life which helped to popularize her worship.

Sir Charles Eliot - Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 2