[Buddha-l] In the footsteps of Xuan Zhang

[jkirk]

>I should add the reminder that he couldn't take a large entrourage, nor do
> anything overt or official, since at that time the Emperor had refused to
> allow ANY travel outside China, and had turned down Xuanzang's request. 
> Some
> of Xuanzang's difficulties in the early stages of the journey, in fact 
> until
> he reached to frontiers. were due to trying to avoid detection by the
> authorities, who were apparently in pursuit of his party.
>
> Dan Lusthaus

Thanks for both of your posts on Zuanzang---they remind me that once again 
I've put off getting Wriggins's book and reading about that whole fantastic 
courageous epic.
Joanna