All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechani- cal, including photocopy, recording, or any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. Copyright © 1996 by Westview Press, Inc., A Division of HarperCollins Publishers, Inc. Published in 1996 in the United States of America by Westview Press, Inc., 5500 Cen- tral Avenue, Boulder, Colorado 80301-2877, and in the United Kingdom by Westview Press, 12 Hid's Copse Road, Cumnor Hill, Oxford 0X2 9JJ Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Wriggins, Sally Hovey. Xuanzang : a Buddhist pilgrim on the Silk Road / Sally Hovey Wriggins. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-8133-2801-2 (HC) 1. Hsüan-tsang, ca. 596-664. 2. Priests, Buddhist-- China-- Biography. I. Title. BQ8149.H787W75 1996 294.3′92--dc20 [B] 95-46702 CIP The paper used in this publication meets the requirements of the American National Standard for Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials Z39.48-1984. 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 -iv- |