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Faxian
法显 zh 法顕 ja
Chinese Buddhist monk (bhikkhu), pilgrim to India, and travelogue author during the Jin and Liu Song dynasties
- Dated 340 CE – 422 CE
- Also called Fa Hien, Fa Hsien, Fa Xian
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Chinese Buddhist monk (bhikkhu), pilgrim to India, and travelogue author during the Jin and Liu Song dynastiesWikidata record description. Read Faxian in the Wikipedia reader.
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As a third party recorded it, often for one period of a life.
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