Conference on Xuanzang and Silk Road The life and adventures of a Chinese monk who Xuanzang In C.E., a Chinese Buddhist monk named Xuanzang made a year journey to bring Buddhist teachings from India to China. He subsequently became a main character in the great Chinese epic Journey to the West.
Born sometime around 600 CE, Xuanzang Xuanzang, the Tang dynasty monk, who traveled to India during the year in search of Buddhist sutras and retumed to China to translate the sutras in the Big Goose Pagoda in Xian for the rest of his life, is one of the celebrated personages who traversed the Silk Road.
By contrast, Xuanzang is Xuanzang (Chinese: 玄奘; Wade–Giles: Hsüen Tsang; [ɕɥɛ̌̂ŋ]; 6 April – 5 February ), born Chen Hui or Chen Yi (陳褘 / 陳禕), also known by his Sanskrit Dharma name Mokṣadeva, [1] was a 7th-century Chinese Buddhist monk, scholar, traveller, and translator.
The Xuanzang I present Xuanzang (玄奘; Pinyin: xuan2 zang4; Wade-Giles: Hsuan-tsang) ( - /) was a famous Chinese Buddhist monk. Xuanzang was born near Luoyang, Henan in as Chen Yi (陳褘 Ch'en I, yi1). He came from a scholarly family, and had three elder brothers.
Xuanzang's 玄奘proof of idealism (眞唯識量) Xuanzang of the Tang dynasty was one of the most influential figures in the history of Chi-nese Buddhism. He is best known for his sixteen- year pilgrimage to India in search of the true Buddhist teachings, from which he brought back hundreds of scriptures.
This biography of Xuanzang Xuanzang, world-famous for his sixteen-year pilgrimage to India and career as a translator of Buddhist scriptures, is one of the most illustrious figures in the history of scholastic Chinese Buddhism. Born into a scholarly family at the outset of the Tang (T’ang) Dynasty, he enjoyed a classical Confucian education.
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Xuanzang's first stop was the Gates of Yumen in the far west of China, where guards allowed him to pass through. From there, Xuanzang traveled to Turfan, where the king equipped the Chinese monk with food and aid for his journey. Next, Xuanzang landed in Sogdiana, spending time in the court of Samarkand in modern-day Uzbekistan.
Book Review:"the Uygur-Turkic Biography of The saga of the seventh-century Chinese monk Xuanzang, who completed an epic sixteen-year journey to discover the heart of Buddhism at its source in India, is a splendid story of human struggle and triumph.