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Faxian

Chinese Buddhist monk (bhikkhu), pilgrim to India, and travelogue author during the Jin and Liu Song dynasties
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Faxian
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Facts

14 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[17]
Date of birth
340, 337[10]
Date of death
422, 422[11]
Place of birth
Xiangyuan County
Place of death
Nanjing
Country of citizenship
Eastern Jin dynasty, Liu Song dynasty[12][13]
Occupation
explorer, historian, writer, translator, Buddhist monk, monk[14]
Religion or worldview
Buddhism[16]
Notable work
Record of Buddhist Kingdoms[15]
Languages spoken, written or signed
Classical Chinese, Sanskrit[19][20]
Copyright status as a creator
copyrights on works have expired[22]
Family name
Gong[18]
Religious name
法顯[21]
🏷️ Also known as
en Fâ-Hien en Fa-Hien en Fa Hsien en Fa-hsien en Fâ Hien en Fâ-hien en Fat Hian en Shi Faxian en Fa Xian en Faxian en Fathian en Fat-hian en Chi Fah Hian en Chy Fa-hian en Chy Fa Hian en Fah-Hian en Fa-hian en Fahian en Fa Hian en Fahien
🔖 Identifiers · 60
ISNI
000000012139115X
VIAF cluster ID
240145856860.5B (72.2M–380158790754.5B, n=3)
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n81109233
GND ID
119289288
BIBSYS ID
3086421
Banglapedia ID (Bangla edition)
ফা-হিয়েন
Banglapedia ID (English edition)
Fa-hien
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
167097698
Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online ID
faxian
CANTIC ID
981058526124706706
CERL Thesaurus ID
cnp00552087
CiNii Research ID
1140000791688509440
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DDB person (GND) ID
119289288
De Agostini ID
Fa+Hsien
Dharma Drum Institute of Liberal Arts person ID
A000750
Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID (2026)
1QqnGC, 46sd17
Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) old ID (2021)
78758, 389334
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
biography/Faxian
Encyclopædia Universalis ID
faxian-fa-hien
FAST ID
1818126
FES digital collections entity ID
407537
Freebase ID
/m/01x8l3
Goodreads author ID
4057981
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID
fa-xian
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)
0026192
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
Faxian
Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017)
4706651
HKCAN ID
9811105255403406
Hrvatska enciklopedija ID
19091
IdRef ID
087575191, 164109323
IxTheo authority ID
080095488
J9U entity ID
987007260936905171
Libraries Australia ID
35285124
Lur Encyclopedic Dictionary ID
02111/eu_f_0000/f0000
NACSIS-CAT author ID
DA03838389
NDL Authority ID
00401145
NE.se ID
faxian
NL CR AUT ID
jn19981001008
NLA Trove people ID
897564
NUKAT ID
n2010082068
Namuwiki ID
법현
National Library of Chile ID
000178293
National Library of Greece ID
67916
National Library of Israel ID (old)
000045112
National Library of Korea ID
KAC2018C2634
National Library of Portugal ID
1213778
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID
XX5034764
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
09084968X
Online Books Page author ID
Faxian, approximately 337-approximately 422
Open Library ID
OL4741867A, OL208767A, OL5451619A
Parsifal cluster ID
289668, 584371
Project Gutenberg author ID
824
RERO ID (legacy)
A000060550
SHARE Catalogue author ID
642852
SVKKL authority ID
p0051788-Faxian-asi-337asi-422
Topic's main category
Category:Faxian
Treccani's Dizionario di Storia ID
faxian
University of Barcelona authority ID
981058526124706706
Wellcome Collection concept ID
s6js8yna
Yale LUX ID
person/8359768f-8262-48a6-be5b-b5b9cd0a3d41

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🔗 Connections
Occupation 5
writer, historian, translator, Buddhist monk, explorer
Country of citizenship 2
Jin dynasty, Liu Song dynasty
Languages spoken, written or signed 2
Sanskrit, Classical Chinese
Family name 1
Gong
Instance of 1
human
Notable work 1
Record of Buddhist Kingdoms
Place of birth 1
Xiangyuan County
Place of death 1
Nanjing
Religion or worldview 1
Buddhism
Sex or gender 1
male
Works by author 1
Record of Buddhist Kingdoms
← Characters 1
Memoirs of Eminent Monks
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Summary

Faxian was born in 340[1] in Xiangyuan County[2]. He died in 422[3] in Nanjing[4]. He worked as an explorer[5], historian[6], writer[7], translator[8], and Buddhist monk[9].

Why It Matters

Works attributed to Faxian include Record of Buddhist Kingdoms[23], a literary work[24], founded in 0414[25].

FAQs

Where was Faxian born?

Faxian's place of birth was Xiangyuan County[2].

Where did Faxian die?

Faxian died in Nanjing[4].

What did Faxian do for work?

Faxian worked as an explorer[5], historian[6], writer[7], translator[8], and Buddhist monk[9].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  5. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  8. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [14] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [10] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [11] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [24] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [25] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 11w ago · EmausBot bot · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main category → Category:Faxian
    Dharma Drum Institute of Liberal Arts person ID → A000750
    "Changed the item: Added: फाक्सियान"
  2. 12w ago · 迴廊彼端 · 2026-08-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country of citizenship → Eastern Jin dynasty, Liu Song dynasty
    "Changed claim: Country of citizenship: Eastern Jin dynasty"
  3. 18w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID (2026) → 1QqnGC, 46sd17
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #40849: ZGBK ID"
  4. 20w ago · Printstream · 2026-06-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    FES digital collections entity ID → 407537
    "Created claim: FES digital collections entity ID: 407537, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1782462304762"
  5. 21w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-06-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Parsifal cluster ID → 289668, 584371
    "Created claim: Parsifal cluster ID: 584371, Matched to Fa-hsien (#161471633) in Parsifal persons #mix"
  6. 22w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    SVKKL authority ID → p0051788-Faxian-asi-337asi-422
    "Created claim: SVKKL authority ID: p0051788-Faxian-asi-337asi-422, batch #259494"
  7. 25w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Occupation → explorer, historian, writer +1
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #32084: import P21 and P106 from GND (26)"
  8. 26w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #30848: match CERL IDs on the basis of GND (5)"
  9. 27w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Date of death → 422
    Date of birth → 340, 337
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #30089: import data from GND - part 28 (cf. https://w.wiki/Me9X)"
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