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玄奘取经

玄奘取經

Xuanzang's Journey for the Scriptures

Level 4 · Historical Anecdotes · 历史轶事 · 70 vocabulary words

Source: 《大慈恩寺三藏法师传》 · Biography of the Tripitaka Master of Da Ci'en Temple

唐táng朝cháo的de和尚hé shang玄xuán奘zàng,觉得jué de佛经fó jīng翻译fān yì得děi不bù好hào,决定jué dìng去qù印yìn度dù学习xué xí。

The Tang monk Xuanzang found the Buddhist scriptures poorly translated and resolved to study in India.

他tā没有méi yǒu得到dé dào批准pī zhǔn,就jìu偷偷tōu tōu地dì出chū了liǎo玉yù门mén关guān,一yī个人gè rén走zǒu向xiàng西方xī fāng。

Refused permission, he slipped out through the Jade Gate Pass and walked west alone.

他tā走过zǒu guò沙漠shā mò,翻fān过guo高山gāo shān,走zǒu了liǎo几jǐ万wàn里lǐ,用yòng了liǎo十shí七qī年nián时间shí jiān。

He crossed deserts and mountains, travelled tens of thousands of li, and was gone seventeen years.

他tā从cóng印yìn度dù带dài回来huí lai六lìu百bǎi多duō部bù佛经fó jīng,用yòng余yú生shēng翻译fān yì成chéng汉语hàn yǔ。

He brought back over six hundred scriptures and spent the rest of his life translating them into Chinese.

他tā的de故事gù shi后来hòu lái变成biàn chéng了liǎo小说xiǎo shuō《西xī游yóu记jì》,唐táng僧sēng就是jìu shì以yǐ他tā为wéi原型yuán xíng的de。

His journey became the novel Journey to the West — the monk Tang Sanzang is modelled on him.

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