Wang Xuance
Wang Xuance ( Chinese 王玄 策 , Pinyin Wáng Xuáncè ; * 7th century ; † 7th or 8th century ) from Luoyang in what is now the Chinese province of Henan , was a Chinese diplomat of the Tang period, who in the middle of the 7th century of the emperors Taizong and Gaozong was sent on several diplomatic missions to Magadha (India). His travels were particularly important because they opened up new routes between China and India via Tibet and Nepal.
to travel
On his first trip he accompanied the ambassador Li Yibiao ( 李义 表 ) to the court of King Harsha . Inscriptions in Rajagriha - today's Rajgir and Bodhgaya - tell of this journey .
On his second journey (647) he got into the turmoil of a civil war after the death of King Harsha , in which his embassy was killed, and in which he himself later intervened with Tibetan allies.
On his fourth trip (664) he brought the monk Xuanzhao ( 玄 照 ) back to China.
Zhong tianzhu xingji
He wrote the work Zhong tianzhu xingji ( 中 天竺 国 行 记 ), which contains a lot of geographical information. His work reflects the change that occurred after the Xuanzang's journey .
His travel report has only survived in fragments. Parts of the work that are now in the Russian collection (00234) were discovered in Dunhuang .
Name variants
Wang Hiuen Ts'e, Wang Hiuan-ts'ö, Wang Xuance
literature
- Sylvain Lévi : The mission of Wang Hiuen Ts'e in India: les missions de Wang-Hiuen-Ts'e dans l'Inde. Written in French by M. Sylvain Lévi. Transl. from the orig. French by SP Chatterjee. Ed. by BC Law. - 1st publ. - Calcutta: Indian Geographical Society, 1967.
- Prabodh Chandra Bagchi : India and China: a thousand years of cultural relations. 2nd ed., Rev. and enl. - New York: Philos. Libr., 1951
- Zhongguo renming da cidian (Lishi renwu juan) [Great Chinese dictionary of persons. Volume: Historical Personalities]; Shanghai: Shanghai cishu chubanshe, 1990; ISBN 7532600335
- Fayuan Zhulin (法苑珠林)
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wang, Xuance |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 王玄 策 (Chinese) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Chinese diplomat |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 7th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 7th century or 8th century |