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Some Chinese Sources on the Khazars and Khwarazm |
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时间：2009-7-24 13:48:37 来源：不详
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plain, and produces abundant Wuguo.
The fourth text is taken from the Datang xiyu ji written by the famous Buddhist monk Xuan Zang (596-664). [14]Born into a family of Confucian scholars and local officials, Xuan Zang showed high interest in Buddhism in his childhood. When he grew up, he became a monk in spite of strong family opposition. In 627 he started on a pilgrimage to India. He returned to China in 645, and at the suggestion of the Tang Emperor Taizong, wrote out the Datang xiyu ji (travel accounts on the western region of the Tang Empire) the next year.
The Datang xiyu ji consists of 12 volumes, recording 138 countries totally. Xuan Zang described what he saw and heard in the course of his journey from east to west. The writings have some fixed style. The narrative of each country contains information on the size of its territory and capital, geography, farming, commerce, customs, language, writing, money, religion and so on. Xuan Zang gave particular attention to the languages by reason of his great attainments&nb << 上一页 [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] ... 下一页 >> |
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