Yijing (monk)

Yijing
Artist impression of Yijing
Born635 CE
Fanyang (Yanjing), Tang Empire
Died713 CE
Occupation(s)Buddhist monk, traveler
Personal
ReligionBuddhism
Senior posting
TeacherShi Huen[clarification needed]
Yijing
Traditional Chinese
Simplified Chinese
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinYìjìng
Wade–GilesI-ching
I Ching
Buddhist title
Traditional Chinese三藏
Simplified Chinese三藏
Literal meaningTripitaka Dharma-Master Yijing
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinSānzàng Fǎshī Yìjìng
Wade–GilesSan-tsang Fa-shih I-ching
Zhang Wenming
Traditional Chinese
Simplified Chinese
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinZhāng Wénmíng
Wade–GilesChang Wên-ming
Yijing's travel map of the 7th century.

Yijing (635–713 CE), formerly romanized as I-ching or I-tsing,[1] born Zhang Wenming, was a Tang-era Chinese Buddhist monk famed as a traveller and translator. His account of his travels are an important source for the history of the medieval kingdoms along the sea route between China and India, especially Srivijaya in Indonesia. He also gave accounts of the Gupta Period. A student of the Buddhist university at Nālandā (now in Bihar, India), he was also responsible for the translation of many Buddhist texts from Sanskrit and Pali into Chinese.

  1. ^ Schoff, Wilfred Harvey, ed. (1912), Periplus of the Erythraean Sea, Philadelphia: Commercial Museum, p. 213.