Yijing

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Yijing was a 7th-century Chinese Buddhist monk, scholar, and translator renowned for his extensive travels to India and Southeast Asia to study and transmit Buddhist teachings.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Buddhist scholar
Chinese Buddhist monk
pilgrim
centuryOfActivity 7th century
8th century
contributedTo documentation of Buddhist practices in Southeast Asia
transmission of Buddhism from India to China
countryOfCitizenship China
era Tang dynasty NERFINISHED
ethnicGroup Han Chinese
fieldOfWork Buddhist studies
translation of religious texts
travel writing
gender male
historicalPeriod medieval period
influenced Chinese understanding of Indian Buddhism
later East Asian Buddhist scholarship
knownFor contributions to understanding of Buddhist monastic discipline
detailed travel records of India and Southeast Asia
translation of Buddhist scriptures into Chinese
traveling to India to study Buddhism
traveling to Southeast Asia to study Buddhism
languageSkill Chinese
Pali NERFINISHED
Sanskrit NERFINISHED
movement Buddhism in Tang China
nativeLanguage Chinese
notableWork Account of Buddhism Sent from the South Seas NERFINISHED
Record of Buddhist Practices Sent Home from the Southern Seas NERFINISHED
occupation monk
scholar
translator
religion Buddhism
roleInBuddhism documenter of monastic customs
transmitter of Buddhist teachings
sourceFor history of Buddhism in India
history of Buddhism in Southeast Asia
history of Srivijaya
history of Tang-era Buddhist contacts with India
studied Buddhist monastic discipline (Vinaya) NERFINISHED
Buddhist scriptures
traveledTo India NERFINISHED
Nalanda NERFINISHED
Southeast Asia NERFINISHED
Srivijaya NERFINISHED

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Nalanda visitedBy Yijing
Old Chinese coreText Yijing