Biography
Faxian, formerly romanized as Fa-hien, Fa-hsien, and Hiuen Tsang was a Chinese Buddhist monk and translator who traveled on foot from Jin China to medieval India to acquire Buddhist scriptures. His birth name was Gong Sehi. Starting his journey about age 60, he traveled west along the overland Silk Road, visiting Buddhist sites in Central, South, and Southeast Asia. The journey and return took from 399 to 412, with 10 years spent in India.
Works
Travels of Fah-Hian and Sung-yun, Buddhist Pilgrims
A Record of Buddhistic Kingdoms
Chinese Literature Comprising the Analects of Confucius, the Sayings of Mencius, the Shi-King, the Travels of Fâ-Hien, and the Sorrows of Han
Chinese Literature Comprising the Analects of Confucius, the Sayings of Mencius, the Shi-King, the Travels of Fâ-Hien, and the Sorrows of Han
2011
Record of Buddhistic Kingdoms Being an Account by the Chinese Monk of His Travels in India and Ceylon (A. D. 399-414) in Search of the Buddhist Books of Discipline
Record of Buddhistic Kingdoms Being an Account by the Chinese Monk of His Travels in India and Ceylon (A. D. 399-414) in Search of the Buddhist Books of Discipline
Chinese Literature
Chinese Literature
Mémoire sur les pays boudhiques
Mémoire sur les pays boudhiques