Xuanzang
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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- <span class="anchor" id="Nomenclature"></span><span class="anchor" id="Orthography"></span><span class="anchor" id="Etymology"></span>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 (; ; 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.
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.