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, Hs��an-tsang set out for India in the 620s. Travel into China's western regions was forbidden under the T'ang Dynasty, so he slipped across the border, making a perilous journey across what is now southern Russia, Afghanistan, and Pakistan. He was the first Chinese traveler to see all the major regions of India, and he visited the courts of Harsha (c. 590-647) and other kings. Hs��an-tsang brought back Buddhist scriptures that helped lead to the expansion of the religion in China, and he remains a celebrated figure whose deeds are recorded in Chinese operas, paintings, films, and even comic books.



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A portrait of XuanzangXuanzang (Chinese: ����; Pinyin: Xu��n Z��ng; Wade-Giles: Hs��an-tsang; Cantonese IPA: jyn4dzɔŋ1; Cantonese Jyutping: jyun4zong1) (602-644/664) was a famous Chinese Buddhist monk.

Xuanzang was born near Luoyang, Henan in 602 as Chen Yi (�ы). He came from a scholarly family, and had three elder brothers. (Other texts had it that he had two elder brothers and an elder sister). He became famous for his seventeen year-long trip to India, during which he studied with many famous Buddhist masters, especially at the famous center of Buddhist learning in N��landa. When he returned, he brought with him some 657 Sanskrit texts. With the emperor's support, he set up a large translation bureau in Chang'an (present-day Xi'an), drawing students and collaborators from all over East Asia. He is credited with the translation of some 1,330 fascicles of scriptures into Chinese. His strongest personal interest in Buddhism was in the field of Yog��c��ra (�٤����) or Consciousness-only (Ψ�R).

The force of his own study, translation and commentary of the texts of these traditions initiated the development of the Faxiang school (������) in East Asia. Although the school itself did not thrive for a long time, its theories regarding perception, consciousness, karma, rebirth, etc. found their way into the doctrines of other more successful schools. Xuanzang's closest and most eminent student was Kuiji (�Q��) who became recognized as the first patriarch of the Faxiang school.

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