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CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS The Travels Of Fa-Hsien (399-414 A.D.) Or Record Of The Buddhistic Kingdoms by Translated by H. a. Giles
Originally published in 1923, this edition of The Travels of Fa-hsien was translated into English by H. A. Giles 1845-1935, a scholar of Chinese language and culture who helped popularize the Wade-Giles system for the Romanization of the Chinese languages. The Travels relates the story of Fa-hsiens journey from Central China across the Gobi Desert, over the Hindu Kush, and through India down to the mouth of the Hoogly, where he took a ship and returned to China by sea, bringing with him the books of the Buddhist Canon and images of Buddhist deities. This is a fascinating text that will be of value to anyone with an interest in Buddhism and Chinese literature.show more