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The following is the introduction to James Legge's 19th-century translation of Faxian's work. Legge's speculations, such as Faxian visiting India at the age of 25, have been discredited by later scholarship but his introduction provides some useful biographical information about Faxian:

Works

Faxian's major work is his account of his travels, known in English both by its Chinese name Foguoji or Foguo Ji and by various translations, including A Record of the Buddhist Kingdoms, Record of

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