Fa-hsien
Britishnoun
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He raced to a military airfield near Peking with his wife, his son and two key coconspirators: Mao's chief ideologue, personal secretary and ghostwriter, Chen Pota. who was purged from his fourth-ranking spot in the Politburo last fall, and Wu Fa-hsien, boss of the Chinese air force.
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There is nothing more to mention until the visit of Fa-Hsien in 400.
From Project Gutenberg
Perhaps Fa-Hsien and Hsüan Chuang unduly emphasize ecclesiastical features, but they also did not hesitate to say when they thought things unsatisfactory and their praise shows that Buddhism was flourishing.
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Still, the numerous specimens extant date from Buddhist times, many were built over relics, and the accounts of both Fa-hsien and Hsüan Chuang show that the Stupa built by Kanishka at Peshawar had attracted the attention of the Chinese.
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Guṇabhadra, however, the translator of the Samyuktâgama, came from Central India and the text which he translated was brought from Ceylon by Fa-Hsien.
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