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artist 's impression of yijing 713 chang ` an , china buddhism fanyang , china 200px 635 yi jing.jpg yijing -lrb- monk -rrb-
 yijing buddhist monk , traveler
yijing -lrb- monk -rrb-

yijing -lrb- -rrb- -lrb- 635 -- 713 ce -rrb- was a tang chinese buddhist monk originally named zhang wenming -lrb- -rrb- .
the written records of his 25-year travels contributed to the world knowledge of the ancient kingdom of srivijaya , as well as providing information about the other kingdoms lying on the route between china and the nālandā buddhist university in india .
he was also responsible for the translation of a large number of buddhist texts from sanskrit into chinese .
yijing 's full buddhist title was `` tripiṭaka dharma master yijing '' -lrb- -rrb- .
in some 19th-century publications , yijing 's name may appear as `` i tsing '' , following an antiquated method of chinese romanization .
