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          Faxian

          Faxian

          Faxian at the ruins of Ashoka's palace

          Born337

          Pingyang Wuyang (平陽武陽), in modern Linfen City, Shanxi[1]

          Diedca.

          This travelogue not only records the politics, the religions and the social history of India at the time but more importantly, it offers a high-resolution.

        1. This travelogue not only records the politics, the religions and the social history of India at the time but more importantly, it offers a high-resolution.
        2. Faxian and his French translator was literally overwritten by the translations of Xuanzang's biography and his Record of the Western.
        3. Open Library is an open, editable library catalog, building towards a page for every book ever published.
        4. According to records of Biography of Buddhism (also known as Biography of Fa Xian),Buddhist Monk Fa Xian in Eastern Jin Dynasty returned.
        5. Faxian (–c.

          6. 422 (aged 85)

          ReligionBuddhism
          ParentsTsang Hi (father)
          Notable work(s)Foguoji (A Record of Buddhistic Kingdoms)

          Faxian (337 – c.

          422) was a Chinese Buddhist monk. He is also translator. He traveled by foot from China to India, visiting sacred Buddhist sites in Central , South and Southeast Asia between 399–412 to acquire Buddhist texts.

          The True Story of Christopher Columbus, Called the Great Admiral.

          He described his journey his travelogue, A Record of Buddhist Kingdoms (Foguo Ji 佛國記).

          Other transliterations of his name include Fa-Hien and Fa-hsien.

          Biography

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          In 399, Faxian set out with nine others to locate sacred Buddhist texts.[2] He visited India in the early fifth century.

          He is said to have walked all the way from China across the icy desert and rugged mountain passes. He entered India from the northwest and