Hsuan-tsang
Hsuan-tsang was a great Chinese scholar who lived
in the 600s AD, under the T'ang
dynasty. He was a Buddhist,
and he wanted to see India,
where the Buddha had lived. So he traveled to India and spent years
living at the Guptan court,
collecting information and books about the Buddha.
When Hsuan-tsang got back to China, he wrote down an account of what India was like, that helps us to understand Guptan India.
When Hsuan-tsang got back to China, he wrote down an account of what India was like, that helps us to understand Guptan India.
To find out more about Chinese gods, check out these books from Amazon.com or from your library:
The Gods and Goddesses of Ancient China, by Leonard Everett Fisher (2003). For kids. One page for each god, with lots of pictures and some historical context.
Five Heavenly Emperors: Chinese Myths of Creation, by Song Nan Zhang (1994). Stories for kids.
Chinese Mythology A to Z, by Jeremy Roberts (2004).
Dragons and Demons : Myths of China, by Stewart Ross (1998). A few Chinese stories, retold for kids.
Dragons, Gods and Spirits from Chinese Mythology, by Tao Sanders (1983). More of a child's encyclopedia.
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Cite this page: Carr, Karen. "" Kidipede - History for Kids. 2012. http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/china/religion/hsuantsang.htm
