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Faxian was born in 374 in Wu-yang, China
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You visit places the Buddha has spent his life and where he taught
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Faxian studied and collected and copied Buddhist Texts in Pāṭalīputra, then in Tāmralipti in eastern India and in the holy city of Magadha.
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In 411 Faxian decided to start his journey back to China
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Lands in Java where he stayed for five months while he waited for a ship
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after 15 years Faxian reached home
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Faxian saw the Chinese translations of the texts of Buddhism as inadequate. In 399 when he was 25 he went on a journey to India to find the original manuscripts of Buddhism texts to make new better translations.
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when Faxian was ten his father died
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When Fakian was 20 he became a full monk
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the port of Tamralipti where he spent another two years.
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Lasted 15 years and took him through 30 different countries
Faxian visited many buddhist sites located in Shenshen, Dunhuang, Khotan, Gandhara, Peshawur, Taxila, Kapilavastu, Bodh Gaya, Banaras, Kushinagara, Ceylon, Java and Changan.
