The Silk Road Journey with Xuanzang, Sally Hovey Wriggins's 2004 revised edition from Westview Press, is a scholarly narrative account of the seventeen year pilgrimage of the Chinese Buddhist monk Xuanzang from Chang'an to India and back, tracing the historical route stage by stage. It updates the author's original 1996 study and draws on Xuanzang's own travel record alongside archaeological and historical scholarship on the route. Its authority rests on that combination of textual and on-the-ground research. Its limit is that it is a narrative synthesis rather than a critical edition of Xuanzang's own text. Cite it for the route and journey; textual questions need the primary translation itself.
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Sally Hovey Wriggins's The Silk Road Journey with Xuanzang, a 2004 revised edition from Westview Press, the top tier reflecting a scholarly narrative account tracing the historical route of Xuanzang's seventeen year pilgrimage, drawing on his own travel record alongside archaeological and historical scholarship. Its limit is that it is a narrative synthesis rather than a critical edition of Xuanzang's own text; cite it for the route and journey, and textual questions need the primary translation itself. NotesA full account of Xuanzang's seventeen-year pilgrimage from Chang'an to India and back, following the stages of the route; the revised edition of the author's 1996 study.
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AuthorSally Hovey Wriggins
PublisherWestview Press
Publication Year2004
Source Typeacademic monograph
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This source names Chang'an directly: "Chinese Buddhist monk Xuanzang from Chang'an to India and back, tracing the historical route stage by stage."
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This source names Xuanzang directly: "The Silk Road Journey with Xuanzang, Sally Hovey Wriggins's 2004 revised edition from Westview Press, is a scholarly narrative account of the seventeen year pilgrimage of the Chinese Buddhist monk..."
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