# Faxian

> Faxian, formerly romanized as Fa-hien or Fa-hsien, was a Chinese Buddhist monk and translator who traveled on foot from the Later Qin state to medieval India to acquire Buddhist scriptures. His birth surname was Gong. Starting his journey about age 60, he traveled west along the overland Silk Road, visiting Buddhist sites in Central, South, and Southeast Asia. The journey and return took from 399 to 412, with 10 years spent in India.

*Chinese Buddhist monk (bhikkhu), pilgrim to India, and travelogue author during the Jin and Liu Song dynasties*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/faxian

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Writer / Author
- **Category:** Writers
- **Country:** China
- **Born:** 340
- **Died:** 422
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 54.3 / 100
- **Momentum:** 0.0 / 100  (trend: FALLING)
- **Historical depth:** 23.6 / 100
- **Attention shift:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 70.0 / 100

## Sources
- [法显](https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%B3%95%E6%98%BE)
- [Fa Xian](https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fa_Xian)
- [Faxian](https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faxian)
- [Фасянь](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%8F%D0%BD%D1%8C)
- [Fa Xian](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fa_Xian)
- [Fa-sien](https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fa-sien)
- [Faxian](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faxian)
- [Faxian](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faxian)
- [Faŝjiano](https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fa%C5%9Djiano)
- [Fa Xian](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fa_Xian)
- [Faxian](https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faxian)
- [فاکسیان](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%A7%DA%A9%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%86)
- [Faxian](https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faxian)
- [Faxian](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faxian)
- [פאשיין](https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A4%D7%90%D7%A9%D7%99%D7%99%D7%9F)
- [फ़ाहियान](https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AB%E0%A4%BC%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8)
- [Fa Hsien](https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fa_Hsien)
- [Fǎxiǎn](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/F%C7%8Exi%C7%8En)
- [法顕](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%B3%95%E9%A1%95)
- [ហ្វាសៀន](https://km.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%9E%A0%E1%9F%92%E1%9E%9C%E1%9E%B6%E1%9E%9F%E1%9F%80%E1%9E%93)
- [법현](https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%B2%95%ED%98%84)
- [Fasianas](https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fasianas)
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- [फाहियान](https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AB%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8)
- [फाहियान](https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AB%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8)
- [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Faxian)
- [Wikiquote](https://ja.wikiquote.org/wiki/%E6%B3%95%E9%A1%95)
- [Fa-hszien](https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fa-hszien)
- [فاكسيان](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%83%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%86)
- [ফা-হিয়েন](https://as.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AB%E0%A6%BE-%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%A8)

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