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    Xuan Zang Biography

    Xuanzang (玄奘; Pinyin: xuan2 zang4; Wade-Giles: Hsuan-tsang) (602 - 644/664) was a famous Chinese Buddhist monk.

    Xuanzang was born near Luoyang, Henan in 602 as Chen Yi (陳褘 Ch'en I, yi1).

    He came from a scholarly family, and had three elder brothers. He became famous for his seventeen year-long trip to India, during which he studied with many famous Buddhist masters, especially at the famous center of Buddhist learning in Nālanda temple (那爛陀寺).

    When he returned, he brought with him some 657 Sanskrit texts.

    With the emperor's support, he set up a large translation bureau in Chang'an, drawing students and collaborators from all over East Asia. He is credited with the translation of some 1,330 fascicles of scriptures into Chinese.

    His strongest personal interest in Buddhism was in the field of Yogācāra (瑜伽行派) or Consciousness-only (唯#