[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [佛祖統紀](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035) › 35.6 # 佛祖統紀 35.6 佛祖統紀 35.6 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [35.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.35.6) 元狩元年。初博望侯張騫自月氏還（西域國名）言臣在大夏時（音下國名）見卬竹杖蜀布。問安得此。國人曰。吾賈人市之身毒（即天竺音䖍篤）身毒在大夏東南可數千里。此其去蜀不遠。乃令騫因蜀犍為（犍音䖍今嘉州）發間使王然於等指之身毒（間諜之義。又間歲遣使。言不一）四歲餘皆閉昆明莫能通（為昆夷所閉）。 > In the first year of Yuanshou, previously, Marquis of Bowang Zhang Qian returned from the Yuezhi (a state in the Western Regions) and stated: 'When your servant was in Daxia (name of a state), I saw bamboo canes from Qiong and cloth from Shu. I asked how they obtained these. The people of that state said: "Our merchants bought them in Shendu (which is Tianzhu)." Shendu lies several thousand li southeast of Daxia. This cannot be far from Shu.' Thereupon, \[the Emperor\] ordered Qian, by way of Qianwei in Shu (present-day Jiazhou), to dispatch secret envoys such as Wang Ranyu to head for Shendu (meaning undercover reconnaissance; also, envoys were sent in alternate years, accounts vary). For over four years, all were blocked by the Kunming and none could pass through (blocked by the Kunyi). > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 35.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.35.5) - [Next: 35.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.35.7) - [Up: 35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.35) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035~en-mt.35.6) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.35.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.35.6) · Pramāṇa