[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) › [法苑珠林](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122) › 29.6 # 法苑珠林 29.6 法苑珠林 29.6 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [29.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.29.6) 大唐沙門玄奘法師。慨大道之不通。愍釋教之抑泰。故以貞觀三年季春三月。吊影單身西尋聖迹。從初京邑漸達沙州。獨陟嶮塞。伊吾高昌備經危難。時值高昌王麴氏。為給貨資。傳送突厥葉護衙所。又被將送雪山以北諸蕃胡國。具觀佛化。又東南出大雪山。昔人云葱嶺停雪。即是雪山。奘親目覩。過此雪山即達印度。經由十年。後返從葱嶺南雪山北。具歷諸國。東歸于闐婁蘭等。凡經一百五十餘國。備歷艱辛。人里莫比。至貞觀十九年冬初安達京師。 > Dharma Master Xuanzang, a śramaṇa of the Great Tang. Lamenting that the Great Path was blocked and commiserating over the suppression and prosperity of the teachings of Śākya, in the third month, the last month of spring, of the third year of Zhenguan, with only his own shadow for company, he went west alone in search of the sacred traces. Setting out initially from the capital, he gradually reached Shazhou, ascending perilous passes alone. In Yiwu and Gaochang, he fully experienced dangers and hardships. He then met King Qu of Gaochang, who supplied him with funds and goods and escorted him to the encampment of the yabghu of the Turks. He was further escorted through the various foreign barbarian states north of the Snow Mountains, thoroughly observing the transformation wrought by the Buddha. Proceeding southeast out of the Great Snow Mountains—what people of old called the persistent snows of the Pamir Mountains (Congling) is precisely these Snow Mountains, which Xuanzang witnessed with his own eyes—once past these Snow Mountains, he arrived in India. Ten years elapsed. Afterwards, returning south of the Pamirs and north of the Snow Mountains, he passed through all the kingdoms in full, returning east via Khotan, Loulan, and other lands. He passed through more than one hundred and fifty kingdoms in total, experiencing every hardship, beyond what ordinary human dwellings can compare to. In early winter of the nineteenth year of Zhenguan, he safely arrived at the capital. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 29.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.29.5) - [Next: 29.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.29.7) - [Up: 29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.29) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122~en-mt.29.6) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.29.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.29.6) · Pramāṇa