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The Records of the Western Regions, also known by its Chinese name as the Datang Xiyuji or Da Tang Xiyu Ji and by various other translations and Romanized transcriptions, is a narrative of the Chinese Buddhist monk Xuanzang's nineteen-year journey from Tang China through the Western Regions to medieval India and back during the mid-7th century CE.
Xuanzang (Chinese: 玄奘; Wade–Giles: Hsüen Tsang; [ɕɥɛ̌n.tsâŋ]; 6 April 602 – 5 February 664), born Chen Hui or Chen Yi (陳褘 / 陳禕), also known by his Sanskrit Dharma name Mokṣadeva, [1] was a 7th-century Chinese Buddhist monk, scholar, traveller, and translator.
Emperor Xuanzong of Tang (27 July 810 – 7 September 859) was an emperor of China's Tang dynasty, reigning from 25 April 846 until his death.Personally named Li Yi, later renamed Li Chen (Chinese: 李忱), and known before his reign as the Prince of Guang, he was considered the last capable emperor of Tang China.
Emperor Xuanzong of Tang ([ɕwàn.tsʊ́ŋ]; [8] 8 September 685 [5] [9] – 3 May 762 [6]), personal name Li Longji, [10] was an emperor of the Tang dynasty of China, reigning from 712 to 756. His reign of 44 years was the longest during the Tang dynasty.
The Hanlin Academy in 1744, after a renovation under the Qianlong Emperor The Beijing Hanlin Academy and its library were severely damaged in a fire during the Siege of the International Legations in Peking (now known as Beijing ) in 1900 by the Kansu Braves while fighting against the Eight-Nation Alliance , close to the British Legation as an ...
Pei Guangting (Chinese: 裴光庭; pinyin: Péi Guāngtíng; 676 - March 27, 733 [1]), courtesy name Liancheng (連城), formally Baron Zhongxian of Zhengping (正平忠獻男), [2] was a Chinese diplomat, politician, and writer during the Tang dynasty and Wu Zetian's Zhou dynasty, serving as a chancellor during the reign of Emperor Xuanzong.
Duan Xiushi was born in 719, during the reign of Emperor Xuanzong.His family was from Long Prefecture (隴州, roughly modern Qingyang, Gansu), as the family settled there after his great-grandfather Duan Shijun (段師濬) served as the prefect of Long Prefecture.
Xuanzong (Hsüan-tsung in Wade–Giles) may refer to the following Chinese emperors: Emperor Xuanzong of Tang (reigned 713–756) Emperor Xuanzong of Tang (9th century) (reigned 846–859) Emperor Xuanzong of Jin (reigned 1213–1224) Emperor Xuanzong of Ming, or Xuande Emperor (reigned 1425–35)