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| 520 || || || "In 520, Boddhidharma, the 28th Master after Buddha, came from India and gave back The Way of Prophet. He taught Chan (or Zen in Japanese). Zen is the Real Teaching of Buddha, the Lost Teaching of Tao. Boddhidharma not only taught vegetarianism but also taught Zen monks the martial arts in Shao Lin temple for defense."<ref name="China & Vegetarianism">{{cite web |title=China & Vegetarianism |url=https://ivu.org/history/east/china.html |website=ivu.org |accessdate=7 October 2019}}</ref> || {{w|India}}
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| 973–1057 || Veganism || || Arab poet {{w|al-Maʿarri}} is recognized as one of the earliest known vegans.<ref>D. S. Margoliouth, "Abu‘l-'Alā al-Ma‘arrī's Correspondence on Vegetarianism", ''The Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland'', 34(02), 1902 (289–332), 290. {{doi|10.1017/s0035869x0002921x}} {{jstor|25208409}}</ref> ||
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| 1398 || || || Indian mystic poet {{w|Kabir}} calls to compassion, condemning meat-eating and killing of animals no matter if it is permitted in the "Koran" or any other Scripture for "sacrificial" purposes.<ref name="from 1400 to 1800">{{cite web |title=Timeline of Vegetarian History - from 1400 to 1800 |url=https://ivu.org/history2/timeline/pre-1800.html |website=ivu.org |accessdate=8 October 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=KABIR'S CALL TO COMPASSION |url=https://ivu.org/congress/wvc57/souvenir/kabir.html |website=ivu.org |accessdate=8 October 2019}}</ref> || {{w|India}}
