{"id":365284,"date":"2026-06-16T16:15:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T10:45:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=365284"},"modified":"2026-06-16T16:15:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T10:45:10","slug":"xuanzang-hiuen-tsang-chinese-buddhist-monk-and-scholar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/xuanzang-hiuen-tsang-chinese-buddhist-monk-and-scholar\/","title":{"rendered":"Xuanzang (Hiuen Tsang)-Chinese Buddhist monk and scholar"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"content-box-green\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>News:<\/strong> India and China are in talks to jointly nominate <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Great Tang Records on the Western Regions<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, authored by Xuanzang (Hiuen Tsang), Chinese Buddhist monk and scholar, for recognition by UNESCO.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"red-h2-box\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">About Xuanzang (Hiuen Tsang)-Chinese Buddhist monk and scholar<\/span><\/h2>\n<figure style=\"width: 346px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staticprintenglish.theprint.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/INDIA-CHINA-MONK.png?resize=346%2C194&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Xuanzang (Hiuen Tsang)-Chinese Buddhist monk and scholar\" width=\"346\" height=\"194\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: The Print<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Hieun Tsang (Xuanzang) was a <\/span><b>Chinese traveller, scholar and Buddhist monk.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>His travel to India: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">He travelled from China to India in th<\/span><b>e 7th century <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">to<\/span><b> study at the N<span class=\"T286Pc\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"c\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-complete=\"true\" data-copy-service-computed-style=\"font-family: &quot;Google Sans&quot;, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 500; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(0, 29, 53);\">alanda University<\/span>, collect manuscripts of the true teachings of Buddha, and visit the sacred places associated with Buddha.<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">He studied under the famous<\/span><b> scholar Shilabhadra at Nalanda <span class=\"T286Pc\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"c\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-complete=\"true\" data-copy-service-computed-style=\"font-family: &quot;Google Sans&quot;, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 500; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(0, 29, 53);\">University <\/span><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">and learned<strong> subjects like logic, grammar, philosophy, and Sanskrit.<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">He<\/span><b> spent 19 years travelling through India.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Visited during the reign of:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> He came during the<\/span><b> reign of King Harshavardhana (also known as King Harsha) of the Vardhana Dynasty.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><b>Literary contribution: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">He authored <\/span><b>Great Tang Records on the Western Regions,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> also known as <\/span><b>Si-Yu-Ki. (\u201cThe Buddhist Records of the Western World\u201d). <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">He referred to Vadnagar, located in Gujarat, as <\/span><b>\u201cAnandapura\u201d<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> in his<\/span><b> travelogue Si-Yu-Ki.<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">One of the most<\/span><b> influential scriptures translated by Xuanzang was the <\/b><b><i>Heart Sutra<\/i><\/b><b> (<\/b><b><i>Praj\u00f1\u0101p\u0101ramit\u0101h\u1e5bdaya S\u016btra<\/i><\/b><b>). <\/b>It <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">is <strong>widely recognised for expressing the Mah\u0101y\u0101na Buddhist teaching of emptiness.<\/strong> It is also <strong>regarded as a powerful protective talisman.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><b>Significance:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">He gave a<\/span><b> detailed account of the kingdoms and towns he visited in India, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">including the city of Kanauj, the capital of King Harsavardhana\u2019s empire.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">His <\/span><b>account is also exceptional because of his meticulous records of Buddhist sites <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">such as Bamiyan and Nalanda.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">His account provides <\/span><b>insight into the political, diplomatic and religious activities <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">undertaken by contemporary rulers in Central and South Asia.<\/span><b><br \/>\n<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: India and China are in talks to jointly nominate The Great Tang Records on the Western Regions, authored by Xuanzang (Hiuen Tsang), Chinese Buddhist monk and scholar, for recognition by UNESCO.\u00a0 About Xuanzang (Hiuen Tsang)-Chinese Buddhist monk and scholar Hieun Tsang (Xuanzang) was a Chinese traveller, scholar and Buddhist monk. 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