This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1869 edition. Excerpt: ... Travels of Fah-hian and Sung-yun, Buddhist Pilgrims, from China to India (400 A.D. and 518 A.D.) Samuel Beal or FAH HIAN AND SUM-TUN- BUDDHIST PILGKIMS, FROM CHINA TO INDIA (400 A.D. AND 518 A.D.) TEASTSIAIED PEOM THE CHINESE. SAMUEL BEAL, (B.A. Th1n. Coll. Cahb.) A CHAPLAIN IK H.M.'s FLEET J MEMBER OP THE ROYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY; AND AUTHOR OP A TRANSLATION OF THE PRATIHOK8HA AND THE AMITBABA SUTRA FROM THE CHINESE. LONDON: TRUBNER AND CO., 60, PATERNOSTER ROW. 1869. [All rights reserved.] "It is not a little surprising that we should have to acknowledge the fact that the voyages of two Chinese travellers, undertaken in the fifth and seventh century of our era, have done more to elucidate the history and geography of Buddhism in India, than all that has hitherto been found in the Sanskrit and Pali books of India and the neighbouring countries." --Life of Gaudama, p. 291, n. By Right Rev. P. Bigandet, Vicar-Apostolic of Ava and Pegu. 1868. PEEFACE. The present work contains two Translations from the Chinese--(1) The Travels of Fah-Hian (400415 A.d.), and (2) The Mission of Sung-Yun; both Buddhist pilgrims from China to India. A translation of Fah-Hian's Pilgrimage, by M. Abel-Remusat, was published in Paris (1836), under the well-known title, Fo-koue-ki. Of this work, M. Stanislas Julien has said that, although it is "tres-recommandable pour l'epoque ou il a ete publie, il n'est pas sans dangers pour les personnes qui ne sont pas en etat de verifier ses traductions" (Vie de Hiouen-Thsang, p. xi. n). It was, in fact, published at a period when little was known in Europe of Chinese-Buddhist literature, and without having received the last revision of its lamented author. Th