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The Great Tang Dynasty Record of the Western Regions (W.M. Keck Foundation Series) Hardcover – May 31, 2006

by Li Rongxi (Translator)

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This is an account of the travels in Central Asia and India of the seventh-century Chinese scholar-monk Xuanzang. An epoch-making figure in the history of Chinese Buddhism, the Master had a strong impulse to solve theoretical uncertainties by searching for the missing, untranslated original Sanskrit texts, particularly the Yogacara-bhumi-sastra. Violating a government ban on emigration, he slipped out of the empire without official permission. During his sojourn of sixteen years in India, he studied the said sastra and other texts under the tutelage of the Venerable Silabhadra. He visited all the important Buddhist sites and ruins, enjoyed great popularity in India through his learning as an outstanding Buddhist scholar and won the support of the reigning monarchs such as Siladitya and others of India.

Upon his return, he was requested by the Emperor to write a book about the journey for his reference. The Record was completed in 646 C.E., the year after his return to the capitol. It was appended some seven hundred years after the time of Xuanzang to include Zheng He's visit to Sri Lanka during the reign of Emperor Chengzu (r. 1403-24) of the Ming dynasty.

The Record has been of great value to Western historians and archaeologists, who used it to fill in certain gaps in the history of India and locate the sites of India's former glories. With its exact descriptions of distances and locations of different places, the Record served as a guidebook for the excavation and rediscovery of such important ancient sites as the old city of Rajagrha, the Temple of the Deer Park at Sarnath, the grottoes of Ajanta, the ruins of the well-known Nalanda Monastery in Bihar, etc. Thus it is not merely a book to be studied by students of Buddhism, but also a substantial and interesting book of reference, providing rich information about medieval India for the general reader.

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The BDK English Tripitaka Series was started by the late Dr. Rev. Yehan Numata, founder of the Bukkyo Dendo Kyokai (BDK) [Society for the Promotion of Buddhism]. The goal of this series is to make available in the English language the Buddhist scriptures and commentaries of the Sino-Japanese edition of the "Taisho Tripitaka." Scholars and specialists from throughout the world have been enlisted to translate the selected texts into English. When completed, the one-hundred eight volumes will comprise the First Series of the BDK English Tripitaka.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ 1886439028
Publisher ‏ : ‎ BDK America (May 31, 2006)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 426 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9781886439023
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1886439023
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.91 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.2 x 1.3 x 9.5 inches

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patagoniac

Worth it, valuable addition to any collection

Reviewed in the United States on August 12, 2020

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I thoroughly enjoyed this book! Xuanzang traveled for 16 years in India, during which he visited 110 countries and heard accounts of 28 countries. This is an extensive report of these countries, compiled for Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty. The account includes information on the geography, crops, culture, relics, monasteries, and Buddhist holy sites of many kingdoms. Not only that, he retells several legends of the likes of kings, dragons, demons, and so on. I found it simply fantastic and a marvel, although some parts may be slow or a little confusing.

The translation is superbly written. There is a small glossary and a full index in the back of the book. However, the book has so many Buddhist terms and figures that sometimes it was hard to understand. I wish that there had been footnotes with further explanation, and some maps and images to supplement the information.

Note that this is a report on the conditions of many countries. It is primarily told from a neutral viewpoint. At first I thought that it would be more of a personal diary of his journey--it is not. Clearly, he suffered many hardships, as he briefly mentioned encountering dangerous wild animals and gangs of bandits. But he doesn't go into detail about it. I believe that his biography may have more details about his personal journey: "A Biography of the Tripitaka Master of the Great Ci'en Monastery of the Great Tang Dynasty (BDK English Tripitaka)".

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Luigi Finocchiaro

Incredibily interesting

Reviewed in Japan on November 21, 2020

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I ordered this book, which by the way is freely avaiable as a PDF, because it provides a very interesting account of the mythology of those times and because it is often quoted in the writings of Nichiren and the stories were well known in medieval Japan.

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Dima

Greatest account in the human history

Reviewed in Germany on November 30, 2016

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We have to thank Xuanzang for writing most detailed account of the countries that never exsist anymore. If not him, we would not know even the names of those countries. Thanks to him many great archeological places could be discovered, as Bodhgaya, place of Buddha's enligthenment

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An Amazing Journey and jornal.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 15, 2013

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This a book of very old Buddhism....One man's 16 year return journey from China to India and back again in the 7 th Century . He has rescued and save the ancient Sutras of Buddha and then translated.
This is a personal journal. Read it and find out for yourself.

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