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I Ching (義淨; pinyin Y? J?ng) (635 - 713) was a China|Chinese Buddhist monk who travelled to India via the Silk Road|Silk Trade Route to collect Buddhist texts in Sanskrit. These he took back to China and translated into Chinese. He was based for a time at Xi Ming Temple in Chang'an, the capital of Tang Dynasty China. During his trip, in the year 671 he visited the Srivijaya kingdom on Sumatra, and his writings are one of the few sources about that kingdom. Translated 60+ sutras into Chinese, including:
buddhistub id:I Ching This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "I Ching (monk)".
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