ID: 901001278 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901001278	Record Type: Character/Person

	Guanyin (Buddhist bodhisattva)

Note: In Chinese Buddhism, the bodhisattva of infinite compassion and mercy.

Names:

	Guanyin (Buddhist bodhisattva) (preferred,English-P,D,N)
	Guan Yin (Buddhist bodhisattva) (English,U,N)
	Kuan-yan (Buddhist bodhisattva) (English,U,N)
	Kuan Yin (Buddhist bodhisattva) (English)
	Guanshiyin (Buddhist bodhisattva) (English,U,N)
	Kun Iam (Buddhist bodhisattva) (undetermined,U,N)
	Kannon (Buddhist bodhisattva) (undetermined,U,N)

Hierarchical Position:

		Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
		....<Buddhist iconography> (P)
		........<Buddhist characters> (P)
		............Guanyin (Buddhist bodhisattva) (I)

Related Iconography:

	associated with .... Guanyin Sutra
	..........(Literature and Performing Arts, Named written and performed works, Literary works: Philosophy, Religion, Named sutras, Guanyin Sutra (Buddhist sutra)) [901001371]

	has as manifestation .... Zaō Gongen
	..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Buddhist iconography, Buddhist characters, Zaō Gongen (Buddhist character)) [901002334]

	counterpart is .... Avalokiteshvara
	..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Buddhist iconography, Buddhist characters, Avalokiteshvara (Buddhist bodhisattva)) [901000085]

Other Relationships:

	role/characteristic is .... bodhisattva
	.....(people in religion, people in religion and related occupations, people in the humanities, people by occupation, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	culture/religion is .... Buddhism
	.....(religions (belief systems, cultures), religions and religious concepts, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	culture/religion is .... Chinese (culture or style)
	.....(East Asian, Asian, styles, periods, and cultures by region, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:

	Guanyin (Buddhist bodhisattva)
	................Buswell and Lopez, Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism (2013) 333
	................Agnew, Conservation of Ancient Sites on the Silk Road (2010) 272
	................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) as 450 for Avalokiteśvara, sh 85010492
	Guan Yin (Buddhist bodhisattva)
	................Honolulu Museum of Art [online] (2000-)
	Kuan-yan (Buddhist bodhisattva)
	................Honolulu Museum of Art [online] (2000-)
	Kuan Yin (Buddhist bodhisattva)
	................Casanowicz, Buddhist Art in US National Museum (1921)
	Guanshiyin (Buddhist bodhisattva)
	................Agnew, Reed, Ball, Cave Temples of Dunhuang (2016)
	Kun Iam (Buddhist bodhisattva)
	................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
	Kannon (Buddhist bodhisattva)
	................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ Agnew, Reed, Ball, Cave Temples of Dunhuang (2016)
	................ Honolulu Museum of Art [online] (2000-)
	................ Buswell and Lopez, Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism (2013) 332 ff.
	................ Wikipedia (2000-) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guanyin#/media/File:Kuan-yan_bodhisattva,_Northern_Sung_dynasty,_China,_c._1025,_wood,_Honolulu_Academy_of_Arts.jpg
	................ British Museum [online] (1999-) http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=262298&partId=1&searchText=Guanyin&page=1