Faxian
Chinese Buddhist monk (bhikkhu), pilgrim to India, and travelogue author during the Jin and Liu Song dynasties · China · Writers · Lived 340 to 422 · aged 82
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Something wrong?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.
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![12th-century woodblock print, 1st page of the Travels of Faxian (Record of the Buddhist Countries). The first sentences read: "In Chang'an, Faxian was distressed that the Vinaya collections were incomplete. Therefore, in the 2nd year of Hongshi or the Ji-Hai year (36) of the sexagenary cycle [the Chinese year covering late 399 and early 400], he agreed with Huijing, Daozheng, Huiying, and Huiwei to go seek out more of the Vinaya in India."](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Faxian_zhuan.JPG/500px-Faxian_zhuan.JPG)
12th-century woodblock print, 1st page of the Travels of Faxian (Record of the Buddhist Countries). The first sentences read: "In Chang'an, Faxian was distressed that the Vinaya collections were incomplete. Therefore, in the 2nd year of Hongshi or the Ji-Hai year (36) of the sexagenary cycle [the Chinese year covering late 399 and early 400], he agreed with Huijing, Daozheng, Huiying, and Huiwei to go seek out more of the Vinaya in India."
Faxian at Daishō-in Temple, Miyajima, Japan
Faxian at the ruins of Ashoka palace![Faxian's route through India, from Beal's edition[7]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/BEAL%281869%29_FAH-HIAN%27S_ROUTE_THROUGH_INDIA_AND_TARTARY.jpg/1280px-BEAL%281869%29_FAH-HIAN%27S_ROUTE_THROUGH_INDIA_AND_TARTARY.jpg)
Faxian's route through India, from Beal's edition[7]About this person
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.
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