Research of the Biography of Traveling India from Sanskrit Translation by Xin Xing
The main content of the Buddhist travelogue Biography of Traveling India,was to reflect the insights and experiences of Fa Sheng's traveling Buddhist countries.The book had no longer existed in the world,and its lost writings or related content are also relatively rare.But Taisho Tripitaka collected ten volumes of Sanskrit Translation by Xin Xing,which had included materials from the four volumes of Fa Sheng's work and multiple objects,providing important clues for related collection and research.Fa Sheng had traveled through Gaochang to Kashgar,then crossed Congling and other places,and passed through North India and Central India to the east,reached kapilavastu and Pundra-vardhana.His westward route can be mutually referenced with the land route chosen by the Jin and Tang monks.Furthermore,based on the research of other objects in Biography of Traveling India,it can be inferred that Fasheng had gone through various countries such as Kasmira,Getae,Simhalauipa,and even speculated that he might had returned home by sea.The relevant evidence also indicated that there were many similarities in the insights and experiences between Fasheng and Tanwujie,although two monks did not start at the same time,they might had become partner during a certain period in India.
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