Works of He Changqun. Volume 2, Academic Monographs: Academic Monographs

Author: He Changqun
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Publish Date: 2003-12-01
Features: This book includes the commercial and cultural exchanges between ancient China and Western Regions, the geographical environment of Western Regions and ancient transportation routes, the spread of Buddhism from Han to Jin periods, the people who went westward to seek Buddhist scriptures before and after Faxian, the motivations of Chinese monks to go westward to seek Buddhist scriptures in the era of Faxian, Faxian's journey from Chang'an to the Western Regions across the Gobi Desert, and passing the Pamir Plateau after observing the image procession ceremony in Yutian.