# An Shigao

> An Shigao was an early Buddhist missionary to China, and the earliest known translator of Indian Buddhist texts into Chinese. According to legend, he was a prince of Parthia, nicknamed the "Parthian Marquess", who renounced his claim to the royal throne of Parthia in order to serve as a Buddhist missionary monk in China.

*Second century Parthian Buddhist missionary to China*

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## Identity
- **Born:** 101
- **Died:** 168
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 51.8 / 100
- **Momentum:** 5.7 / 100  (trend: RISING)
- **Historical depth:** 16.0 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 25.0 / 100

## Sources
- [安世高](https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%AE%89%E4%B8%96%E9%AB%98)
- [An Shigao](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_Shigao)
- [An Shigao](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_Shigao)
- [An Shigao](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_Shigao)
- [آن شیء گائو](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A2%D9%86_%D8%B4%DB%8C%D8%A1_%DA%AF%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%88)
- [An Shigao](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_Shigao)
- [An Si-kao](https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_Si-kao)
- [An Shigao](https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_Shigao)
- [Ān Shìgāo](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%80n_Sh%C3%ACg%C4%81o)
- [安世高](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%AE%89%E4%B8%96%E9%AB%98)
- [안세고](https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%95%88%EC%84%B8%EA%B3%A0)
- [An Shigao](https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_Shigao)
- [An Shigao](https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_Shigao)
- [Ань Шигао](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BD%D1%8C_%D0%A8%D0%B8%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%BE)
- [An Shigao](https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_Shigao)
- [An Shigao](https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_Shigao)
- [Он Шигоу](https://tg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9E%D0%BD_%D0%A8%D0%B8%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%83)
- [Ань Шиґао](https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BD%D1%8C_%D0%A8%D0%B8%D2%91%D0%B0%D0%BE)
- [An Thế Cao](https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_Th%E1%BA%BF_Cao)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1267947)

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