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Originally published in 1923, this edition of The Travels of Fa-hsien was translated into English by H. A. Giles (1845–1935), a scholar of Chinese language and culture who helped popularize the Wade-Giles system for the Romanization of the Chinese languages. The Travels relates the story of Fa-hsien's journey from Central China across the Gobi Desert, over the Hindu Kush, and through India down to the mouth of the Hoogly, where he took a ship and returned to China by sea, bringing with him the books of the Buddhist Canon and images of Buddhist deities. This is a fascinating text that will be of value to anyone with an interest in Buddhism and Chinese literature.

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Book category Books in English Humanities Religion & beliefs Aspects of religion (non-Christian)

• Full title: Travels of Fa-hsien (399-414 A.D.), or Record of the Buddhistic Kingdoms
• Author: H. A. Giles
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 116
• EAN: 9781107685321
• ISBN: 110768532X
• ID: 02053421
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Weight: 146 g
• Dimensions: 203 × 127 × 17 mm
• Date of publishing: 12. January 2012

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