Travels Of Fah-Hian And Sung-Yun: Buddhist Pilgrims, From China To India (400 Ad And 518 Ad)

About the Book:-It is not a little surprising that we should have to acknowledge the fact that the voyages of two Chinese travellers, undertaken in the fifth and seventh century of our era, have done more to elucidate the history and geography of Buddhism in India, than all that has hitherto been found in the Sanskrit and Pali books of India and the neighbouring countries. The present work contains two translations from the Chinese— (1) The Travels of Fah-Hian (400- 415 A.D.), and (2) The Mission of Sung-Yun; both Buddhist pilgrims from China to India. It was, in fact, published at a period when little was known in Europe of Chinese-Buddhist literature, and without having received the last revision of its lamented author. Whether the present work will meet the want or not, is a question for those best able to examine it, to determine. Buddhism, which had arisen in India (500-600 B.C.) under the form of a reaction against the material worship and the intolerant claims of the Brahmans, in time (260 B.C.) became the adopted religion of the country. Missionaries, proceeding from the various centres of religious influence, carried a knowledge of their doctrines and discipline north and south—until, from Balkh to Ceylon and from Pattala on the Indus, to Tamluc on the Hugli, the vast territory was leavened by their teaching, and the priestly power of the Brahman began to pale. About the Author:-Samuel Beal (1825 --1889) was an Oriental scholar, and the first Englishman to translate directly from the Chinese the early records of Buddhism, thus illuminating Indian history. From 1848-50 he was headmaster of Bramham College, Yorkshire. He was ordained deacon in 1850, and priest in the following year. After serving as curate at Brooke in Norfolk and Sopley in Hampshire, he applied for the office of naval chaplain, and was appointed to H.M.S. Sybille (1847) during the China War of 1856–58. He was chaplain to the Marine Artillery and later to Pembroke and Devonport dockyards 1873–77. In 1857, he printed for private circulation a pamphlet showing that the Tycoon of Yedo (i.e. Tokugawa shōgun of Edo), with whom foreigners had made treaties, was not the real Emperor of Japan. His reputation was established by his series of works which traced the travels of the Chinese Buddhists in India from the fifth to the seventh centuries AD, and by his books on Buddhism, which have become classics. The Title 'Travels Of Fah-Hian And Sung-Yun: Buddhist Pilgrims, From China To India (400 Ad And 518 Ad) written/authored/edited by Samuel Beal', published in the year 2020. The ISBN 9788121241595 is assigned to the Paperback version of this title. This book has total of pp. 286 (Pages). The publisher of this title is Gyan Publishing House. This Book is in Chinese, English. The subject of this book is . Size of the book is 13.34 x 21.59 cms Vol:-