About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 39. Chapters: Lu Xun, Xuanzang, Wen Shaoxian, Wang Tao, Lin Yutang, Gia-Fu Feng, Chao Yuen Ren, Faxian, Kum raj va, Liang Shih-chiu, Yan Lianke, Zhou Zuoren, I Ching, Xu Zhimo, Zheng Zhilong, Song Yun, Qu Qiubai, Lin Shu, Feng Jianming, Yan Fu, Gu Hongming, Li M'Ha Ong, Zheng Xiaocang, Li Dawei, Chen Daqi, Zhu Qianzhi, Amoghavajra, Wang Chong, Yang Jiang, Fu Lei, Chen Maiping, Yang Xianyi, Wong Kwok-pun, Xu Fancheng, Kerson Huang, Muhammad Ma Jian, Liang Zongdai, Wang Daiyu, Zhao Luorui, Wang Weike, Ya Ding, Zhou Kexi, Charles Luk, Dao An, Zhu Shenghao, Chen Wangdao. Excerpt: Xuanzang (Chinese: pinyin: Xuan Zang; Wade-Giles: Hsuan-tsang Sanskrit: ) (c. 602 - 664) was a famous Chinese Buddhist monk, scholar, traveler, and translator who described the interaction between China and India in the early Tang period. Born in Henan province of China in 602 or 603, from boyhood he took to reading sacred books, including the Chinese Classics and the writings of the ancient sages. While residing in the city of Luoyang, Xuanzang entered Buddhist monkhood at the age of thirteen. Due to the political and social unrest caused by the fall of the Sui dynasty, he went to Chengdu in Sichuan (Szechuan), where he was ordained at the age of twenty. He later traveled throughout China in search of sacred books of Buddhism. At length, he came to Chang'an, then under the peaceful rule of Emperor Taizong of Tang. Here Xuanzang developed the desire to visit India. He knew about Faxian's visit to India and, like him, was concerned about the incomplete and misinterpreted nature of the Buddhist scriptures that had reached China. He became famous for his seventeen year overland journey to India, which is recorded in detail in his autobiography as well as a biography, both of which provided the inspiration for the epic novel Journey to the West. Xuanz...
