Xuanzang

**Xuanzang** (|w=Hsüan-tsang}} Sanskrit: ह्वेनसांग) (cca. 602 – 664) bio je kineski budistički redovnik, učenjak, putnik i prevodilac najpoznatiji po tome što je opisao međusobne odnose Kine i Indije na početku Tang. Rođen je u kineskoj provinciji Henan, a još kao dijete je čitao svete spise, kineske klasike i knjige drevnih mudraca.

Za vrijeme boravka u gradu Luoyang, Xuanzang je u dobi od trinaest godina postao budistički novak. Za vrijeme kolapsa dinastije Sui, otišao je u grad Chengdu u današnjoj provinciji Sičuan gdje je konačno zaređen u dobi od dvadeset godina. Kasnije je počeo putovati Kinom u potrazi za svetim budističkim knjigama. Na kraju ga je put doveo u Chang'an, prijestolnicu prosvijećenog cara cara Taizonga. Tamo je Xuanzang odlučio posjetiti Indiju. Poticaj mu je dao posjet njegovog prethodnika Faxiana, koji je, kao i on, bio zabrinut zbog mogućih loših prijevoda i pogrešnih tumačenja budističkih spisa koje su do tog vremena došli u Kinu.

Nakon toga je otišao na veliko putovanje u Indiju, koje je trajalo sedamnaest godina i koje je poslije detaljno opisano u klasičnom tekstu *[[Veliki Tang zapisi o Zapadnim oblastima]]*, a koje je poslije poslužilo kao podloga za popularni roman *[[Putovanje na Zapad]]*.

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## Bibliografija
* *[[Veliki Tang zapisi o Zapadnim oblastima]]*. 646.
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## Literatura
* Julien, Stanislas. 1857. *Mémoires sur les contrées occidentales*. Paris.
* Beal, Samuel (1884). *Si-Yu-Ki: Buddhist Records of the Western World, by Hiuen Tsiang*. 2 vols. Translated by Samuel Beal. London. 1884. Reprint: Delhi. Oriental Books Reprint Corporation. 1969.
* Beal, Samuel (1911). *The Life of Hiuen-Tsiang. Translated from the Chinese of Shaman (monk) Hwui Li* by Samuel Beal. London. 1911. Reprint Munshiram Manoharlal, New Delhi. 1973.
* Waley, Arthur (1952). *The Real Tripitaka, and Other Pieces*. London: G. Allen and Unwin.
* Li, Yongshi, (translator) (1959). *The Life of Hsuan Tsang* by Huili. Chinese Buddhist Association, Beijing.
* Nattier, Jan. "The Heart Sutra: A Chinese Apocryphal Text?". *Journal of the International Association of Buddhist Studies* Vol. 15 Nbr. 2 (1992)
* Li, Rongxi (translator) (1995). *A Biography of the Tripiṭaka Master of the Great Ci’en Monastery of the Great Tang Dynasty*. Numata Center for Buddhist Translation and Research. Berkeley, California. 
* Li, Rongxi (translator) (1995). *The Great Tang Dynasty Record of the Western Regions*. Numata Center for Buddhist Translation and Research. Berkeley, California. 
* Wriggins, Sally Hovey. *Xuanzang: A Buddhist Pilgrim on the Silk Road*. Westview Press, 1996. Revised and updated as *The Silk Road Journey With Xuanzang*. Westview Press, 2003. .
* Bernstein, Richard (2001). *Ultimate Journey: Retracing the Path of an Ancient Buddhist Monk (Xuanzang) who crossed Asia in Search of Enlightenment*. Alfred A. Knopf, New York. .
* Sun Shuyun (2003). *Ten Thousand Miles without a Cloud* (retracing Xuanzang's journeys). Harper Perennial. 
* Watters, Thomas. *On Yuan Chwang’s Travels in India* Reprint. Hesperides Press, 1996. .
* Wriggins, Sally Hovey (2004). *The Silk Road Journey with Xuanzang*. Boulder, Colorado: Westview Press. .
* Saran, Mishi (2005). *Chasing the Monk’s Shadow: A Journey in the Footsteps of Xuanzang*. Penguin Books. 
* Gordon, Stewart. *When Asia was the World: Traveling Merchants, Scholars, Warriors, and Monks who created the "Riches of the East"* Da Capo Press, Perseus Books, 2008. .
* Mehmet Ölmez und Klaus Röhrborn, Die alttürkische Xuanzang-Biographie III. Nach der Handschrift von Leningrad, Paris, Peking und St. Petersburg sowie nach dem Transkript von A. v. Gabain. Hrsg., über. u. komm. Otto Harrassowitz · Wiesbaden 2001.

## Vanjske veze

* Details of Xuanzang's life and works
* History of San Zang A narration of Xuan Zang's journey to India.
* Xuanzang's Journey  In the footsteps of Xuanzang
* 大慈恩寺三藏法师传 (全文)  Chinese text of *The Life of Hiuen-Tsiang*, by Shaman (monk) Hwui Li (Hui Li) (沙门慧立)