Faxian (337–c. 422 CE), formerly romanized as Fa-hien and Fa-hsien, was a Chinese Buddhist monk and translator who traveled on foot from Jin China to medieval India to acquire Buddhist scriptures. His birth name was Gong Sehi.

Faxian (flourished 399–414) was a Buddhist monk whose pilgrimage to India in 402 initiated Sino-Indian relations and whose writings give important information about early Buddhism. After his return to China he translated into Chinese the many Sanskrit Buddhist texts he had brought back.

Faxian (Chinese: 法顯; 337 – c. 422) was a Chinese Buddhist monk and translator who traveled by foot from China to India, visiting many sacred Buddhist sites in what are now Xinjiang, Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka between 399-412 to acquire Buddhist texts.

Faxian (337 – c. 422) was a Chinese Buddhist monk. He is also translator. He traveled by foot from China to India, visiting sacred Buddhist sites in Central, South and Southeast Asia between 399–412 to acquire Buddhist texts. He described his journey his travelogue, A Record of Buddhist Kingdoms (Foguo Ji 佛國記).

Jan 18, 2024 · Faxian was a Chinese Buddhist monk and traveler who lived in the 4th and 5th centuries CE. He wrote a memoir called "A Record of Buddhist Kingdoms" or "Foguo Ji" in which he documented his experiences.

Faxian (337?–422?) Faxian was one of the first and perhaps the oldest Chinese monk to travel to India. In 399, when he embarked on his trip from the ancient Chinese capital Chang’an (present-day Xi’an in Shaanxi province), Faxian was more than sixty years old.

The Journey of Faxian to India. Between 399 and 414 CE, the Chinese monk Faxian (Fa-Hsien, Fa Hien) undertook a trip via Central Asia to India seeking better copies of Buddhist books than were currently available in China.

Faxian, or Fa-hsien orig. Sehi, (flourished 399–414), Chinese Buddhist monk who initiated relations with India. Eager to learn of his religion at its source, he traveled to India in 402 and spent a decade visiting the major Buddhist shrines and seats of learning, especially sites in eastern India, including Kapilavastu, Bodh Gaya, and ...

In English, his name is sometimes spelled Faxian. Starting in 399 AD, and traveling chiefly on foot, Fa-hsien passed through the Taklamakan Desert region, crossed the Pamir Plateau, and reached the mouth of the Hooghly River, one of Ganges’ distributaries.

Faxian Fǎxiǎn (pinyin, Chinese characters: 法顯, also romanized as Fa-Hien or Fa-hsien ) (ca. 337 – ca. 422) was a Chinese Buddhist monk, who, between 399 and 412 travelled to India to bring Buddhist scriptures.