On Yuan Chwang's Travels in India, 629–645 A.D. v1.c3.6

v1.c3.6

“The pilgrim’s family name was 陳, now pronounced ch’ên, but more anciently ch’in. His ‘style’ (official or honorary title) appears to have been both written
玄 1 and 元 2.
奘 奘
In modern Pekinese these would read in my transliteration (which is that here adopted by Dr. Legge)—
1 hsüan chuang.
2 yüan chuang.
The French still write for these two characters—
1 hiouen thsang,
2 youan thsang,
following the orthography of the Romish Missionaries, Premare and others, which was the one adapted to English usage by Dr. Morrison. I doubt, *pace* Dr. Edkins, that we are quite sure of the contemporary pronunciation, and should prefer, therefore, myself, to adhere to the French