China Daily: Expedition launched to retrace Xuanzang's journey
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Xuanzang
Xuanzang, born Chen Hui or Chen Yi, also known by his Sanskrit Dharma name Mokṣadeva, was a 7th-century Chinese Buddhist monk, scholar, traveller, and translator. He is known for the epoch-making contributions to Chinese Buddhism, the travelogue of his journey to the Indian subcontinent in 629–645, his efforts to bring at least 657 Indian texts to China, and his translations of some of these texts…
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culture · Chinese Buddhist monk and scholar (602–664) · explorer · writer · translator · Buddhist monk · philosopher · monk · also Xuanzang, Hsuang-tsang, Hiuen Tsang, Chen Yi, Tongru, Hiouen-Thsang
Born 1 January 0602 · Died 1 January 0664 · Q42063
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2026· 1 entry
2025· 2 entries
Publishers Weekly: The Global Xuanzang
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fact checker rated the claim “PM Modi Claim Chinese Philosopher Xuanzang Was From His Village” False.
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2019· 2 entries
BroadwayWorld: Xuanzang's Pilgrimage A Concert Performance Comes to NJPAC On Today
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BroadwayWorld: Xuanzang's Pilgrimage A Concert Performance Comes to NJPAC On 1/29
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2018· 1 entry
DualShockers: Fate/Grand Order's Busty Buddhist Monk Xuanzang Sanzang Goes West
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2017· 1 entry
Hindustan Times: Chinese traveller Xuanzang’s relic to be shifted from Patna to his memorial at Nalanda
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2016· 2 entries
Australian Broadcasting Corporation: The Ark: The Intrepid Monk Xuanzang
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As an official Chinese and Indian production
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2015· 2 entries
The Taipei Times: Xuanzang’s posthumous journey
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中国日报网: Yuju Opera 'Xuanzang' debuts in Taiwan
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2014· 1 entry
Global Times: Following in Xuanzang’s footsteps
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1942· 1 entry
And are now enshrined at Yakushi-ji in Nara, Japan
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0664· 3 entries
Died 0664-01-01.
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“He (Indian emperor Harsha) was indefatigable,” says Yuan Chwang, “and the day was too short for him; he forgot sleep in his devotion to good works.”
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“If any one here can find a single wrong argument and can refute it, I will let him cut off my head.”
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0602· 1 entry
Born 0602-01-01.
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