Xuanzang

Also known as Hsuang-tsang, Hiuen Tsang, Chen Yi, Tongru, Hiouen-Thsang, Hwen Tsang, Hwen T'sang, Hwen-tsang

Xuanzang (; ; 6 April 6025 February 664), born Chen Hui or Chen Yi (), also known by his Sanskrit Dharma name Mokṣadeva, was a 7th-century Chinese Buddhist monk, scholar, traveller, and translator. He is known for the epoch-making contributions to Chinese Buddhism, the travelogue of his journey to the Indian subcontinent in 629–645, his efforts to bring at least 657 Indian texts to China, and his translations of some of these texts. He was only able to translate 75 distinct sections of a total of 1,335 chapters, but his translations included some of the most important Mahayana scriptures.

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Xuanzang was a 7th-century Chinese Buddhist monk and scholar who traveled to India from 629–645 and brought back hundreds of Buddhist texts to translate into Chinese, fundamentally shaping the development of Chinese Buddhism. His journey and his translations of important Buddhist scriptures, though he completed only a fraction of the texts he collected, made him one of the most influential figures in spreading Buddhist knowledge throughout China.

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Chinese.t3: 陳禕
Religious biography.name: Xuanzang
Religious biography.native_name: 玄奘
Religious biography.native_name_lang: zh
Religious biography.image: Xuanzang w.jpg
Religious biography.caption: 14th-century painting of XuanzangJapan, Kamakura period
Religious biography.birth_place: Luoyang, Sui dynasty
Religious biography.death_place: Tongchuan, Tang dynasty
Religious biography.religion: Buddhism
Religious biography.denomination: Mahayana
Religious biography.era: Tang dynasty
Religious biography.school: East Asian Yogācāra
Religious biography.dharma_name: Mokṣadeva
Religious biography.monastic_name: Xuanzang
Religious biography.teachers: Śīlabhadra
Religious biography.students: Kuiji
Religious biography.notable_works: Great Tang Records on the Western Regions
Chinese.c: 玄奘

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Gender: male
Citizenship: Sui dynasty
Place of birth: Yanshi District
Place of death: Tongchuan
Occupation: philosopher
Languages spoken: Chinese
Native language: Chinese
Religion: Yogacara
Notable work: Record of the Western Regions
Image: Xuanzang w.jpg

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Commons category: Xuanzang
date of birth: 0602-04-06
date of death: 0664-03-07
Commons gallery: 玄奘
Commons Creator page: Xuanzang
student: Bianji
name in native language: 玄奘
described by source: Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
has works in the collection: National Museum of World Cultures
different from: Xuanzang
writing language: Classical Chinese
birth name: 陳禕
name in kana: げんじょうさんぞう
art name: 通儒

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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents

Names
Early life
Pilgrimage
Dates
Travel through Central Asia
Kingdom of Agni
Kingdom of Kuchi
Baluka and other kingdoms
Kingdom of Bamiyana
Travel through India and South Asia
Kingdom of Lampa, Nagarahara, and Gandhara
Kingdom of Udayana, Kashmira
The memorial of Pāṇini
Kingdoms of Takka, Jalamdhara, Sthanesvara, Mathura, Matipura, Kapitha
Kingdoms of Kanyakubja, Ayodhya, Prayaga, Kausambi, Visaka
Kingdoms of Sravasti Kushinagara, Baranasi, Nepala
Kingdoms of Magadha, Iranaparvata, Champa, Kajangala, Kamarupa
Kingdoms of Kalinga, Multan, Andhra, Chola, Dravida and Malakuta
Kingdoms of Konkanapura, Maharashtra, Malawa, Valabhi, Gurjara, Ujjayani, Sindhu, Langala, Avanda, Varnu
Return to China
Chinese Buddhism (influence)
The Perfection of Wisdom Sutra
Original works
Editions
Legacy
In fiction
Relics
Gallery
See also
Notes
References
Citations
Works cited
Further reading
External links

Xuanzang was born on 6 April 602 in Chenliu, near present-day Luoyang, in Henan province of China. As a boy, he took to reading religious books, and studying the ideas therein with his father. Like his elder brother, he became a student of Buddhist studies at Jingtu monastery. Xuanzang was ordained as a śrāmaṇera (novice monk) at the age of thirteen. Due to the political and social unrest caused by the fall of the Sui dynasty, he went with his brother 300 miles south to Chengdu in the current-day province of Sichuan, where he was ordained as a bhikṣu (full monk) at the age of twenty, studying Buddhist texts and practices at the monastery.

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