THE SAGA OF GREAT CHINESE SCHOLOR
HIEUN TSANG
Hsuan Tsang was born in AD 602 at present day’s Henan province, China.
Since childhood Hsuan Tsang used to read Chinese religious books and
traveled all across China in search of good books on Buddhism. After
finding some contradictions in the text books on Buddhism, he decided to
travel to India in search of true explanations, as India was the
birthplace of Buddha. After reaching India, he spent 17 years of his
life here.
He was a great scholar and King Harsa of Northern India came to know
about him while he was going back to his country. The king made his
travel back to China much easier. Hsuan Tsang left India in 643 and
reached Ch’ang-an in 645. Back home he was offered a ministerial
position but he refused it, as he wanted to complete his religious work.
He started translating Sanskrit texts that he brought from India and
successfully completed the translation of more than 600 Buddhist texts.
Hsuan Tsang’s translations contained some of the most important Mahayana
writings.  |
| Hieun Tsang memorial Hall, Nalanda |
Hsuan Tsang was indeed a great traveler and scholar whose travel to India is still helping historians to find out many answers about Indian civilization then.
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