[Buddha-l] In the footsteps of Xuan Zhang

[Stephen Hodge]

Kate Marshall wrote:

> There is a free download of Fa Hsien's (Xuan Zhang/Hsuan-tsang) 'Buddhist
> Records of Western Countries,' Book I, taken from translations by Thomas
> Watters (1904) and Samuel Beal (1884) available at:


Actually, Fa Hsien is Faxian, not Xuanzang/Hsuan-tsang, so this is Faxian's 
travelogue which is shorter than that by Xuanzang.  For Faxian's accounts of 
the many poor Chinese monks who perished in India, you wuill need to look at 
his "A Record of the Eminent Monks who Sought the Dharma in the West" (Xiyu 
Qiufa Gaoseng Chuan).  I don't know if this is available as an etext -- I 
don't think so.

Best wishes,
Stephen Hodge