Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v1.c7.41

v1.c7.41

The *Sui shu* describes the situation of monks in Chinese Buddhism. It also points out the problems of translation during the early propagation of Buddhism in China, and its spread and transmission. From Wei-Jin and the Northern and Southern Dynasties, the Chinese had already begun translation activities in general. In Chang’an in the North and in Jinling in the South they established several translation offices. Zhu Fahu, Jiumo Luoshi (Kumārajīva), Faxian, Zhendi (Paramārtha) and others, all were famous translators then. They brought out a great quantity of scriptural texts and they promoted the development of translation activities for the Buddhist teachings. The period of the Sui and the Tang saw the peak of translation activity in Chinese Buddhism.