Sengzhao （384-414?） A scholar-monk of the latter Ch'in. A student of Kuma^raji^va 鸠摩罗什， he was considered to be a genius who died prematurely. Originally a student of Taoism， he was converted to Buddhism upon reading the Vimalaki^rti-su^tra 维摩经. As a student of Kuma^raji^va， he worked with him on his translation projects， but he also wrote a number of his own treatises on topics such as prajn~a^， emptiness and nirva^na， the most well-known being the Zhao lun 肇论 and the Baocang lun 宝藏论， and also composed prefaces to the Vimalaki^rti-su^tra 维摩诘经序、Longer a^gama Sutra 长阿含经序， and the Bai lun 百论序.