Xuanzang
XUANZANG (596?–664), religious name of the Chinese pilgrim-monk who became a leading cleric of the early Tang dynasty after returning from an eighteen-year journey to the homeland of B...
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Hsüan-Tsang Forges a Link Between China and India
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Though Fa-hsien in the fifth century was the first Chinese Buddhist pilgrim to visit India, the trip by Hsüan-tsang more than two c...
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Hsüan-Tsang (Xuan Zang)
602-664
Chinese Buddhist monk who made an important pilgrimage to India. Eager to settle certain theological questions in the land where Buddhism had its origins, Hsü...
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Hsüan Tsang (ca. 602-664) was the most famous Chinese Buddhist pilgrim and traveler in India and a translator of Buddhist texts. His "Hsi-yü Chi," or "Record of Western Countries," remains a...
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Xuanzang
Hsüan-Tsang Forges a Link Between China and India
Hsüan Tsang