Dao'an (Chinese: 道安; pinyin: Dào'ān; Wade–Giles: Tao-an; 312–385) was a Buddhist monk, author and bibliographer, during the Eastern Jin dynasty.
Dao'an left home to join the monastic order at twelve.
335 CE he visited Linzhang and became a disciple of the famous Kuchean monk and missionary Fotudeng (232–348).
[3][4] One of his disciples was the monk Huiyuan, whose teachings inspired Pure Land Buddhism.
[5] He was active in Xiangyang until the Former Qin ruler Fu Jian captured the city in 379 and brought Dao'an to Chang'an.