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Which Tang dynasty Buddhist monk, famously travelled overland to India to collect Sanskrit sutras and upon returning translated over 1,300 fascicles of Buddhist scriptures at the Da Ci'en Temple in Chang'an?
Answer: Xuanzang — Xuanzang's 17-year, 10,000-km journey (629–645 CE) and subsequent translations gave Chinese Buddhism access to the most authoritative Indian texts, and his travelogue 'Great Tang Records on the Western Regions' remains a vital historical source.
- A Faxian
- B Xuanzang ✓
- C Yijing
- D Bodhidharma
Xuanzang's 17-year, 10,000-km journey (629–645 CE) and subsequent translations gave Chinese Buddhism access to the most authoritative Indian texts, and his travelogue 'Great Tang Records on the Western Regions' remains a vital historical source.