Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v1.c8.s3.t1.4

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Xuanying lived during the Sui and Tang Dynasties and he joined the institution of translation run by Master Xuanzang after the 19ᵗʰ year of the reign of Zhenguan in the Great Tang Dynasty (645 CE) as 'the Eminent Monk of Lexicology'. He resided in Li-quan Temple, the Great Zong-chi Temple of the capital and the Great Ci'en Temple etc. He was proficient in lexicology, understood Sanskrit and Chinese and had profound knowledge in classical studies. As the only 'eminent monk of Lexicology' in Xuanzang's institution of translation, Xuanying was given a place of honour in the Buddhist text catalogue of the Great Tang as the 'Master of Generation' and 'Unique Talent in the Court' along with Dao Xuan who was one of his contemporaries. Besides translating *sutras*, Xuanying transliterated difficult words of *sutra* of 465 volumes with large number of quotations from many dictionaries and literary and historical works of previous generations and compiled Xuanying's