72 Chinese Account of India. [Jan. 



the body of Fuh*, vases of crystal, and Sanscrit writings on leaves of 

 Pei-to, to the number of forty, which he presented to the emperor. 

 Taou-5'uen returned to the western countries (of Asia) in the years 

 teen-fuh (A. D. 943 to 944) ; he was twelve years on his travels, wander- 

 ing in the Five Zin-too for six years. The Five Zin-too (divisions of 

 India) are the same as Teen-choot (India). Ke brought back an abun- 

 dance of books, to understand the use of which he exerted all his efforts. 

 The emperor Tae-tsoo (who reigned from A. D. 950 to 953) summoned 

 him into his presence, for the purpose of interrogating him respecting 

 the manners and customs of the nations amongst whom he had travelled ; 

 the height of the mountains, and extent of the rivers. He answered all 

 the questions one by one. For four years, a priest of Buddha, he dedi- 

 cated all his cares to one hundred and fifty-seven persons. On his re- 

 turn to the palace, he said he had been desirous of returning into the 

 western countries in search of the books of Fuh (or Buddha) ; that he 

 had found some of them where he had travelled, in the provinces of Kan- 

 sha, Se-soo, and others ; that these provinces (chow) produced tortoises, 

 herbs, and woods, in great abundance, the export of which yielded the 

 revenue of the kingdom. Moreover, he passed beyond the kingdom of 

 Poo-loo-sha and of Kea-she-meJ. Orders were everywhere given that 

 guides should be provided him on his route. 



After the years Ime-paou (about A. D. 969), a Buddhist priest of In- 

 dia brought some Sanscrit books (or Indian presents§), and envoys 

 continued to bring them from thence. During the winter of the eighth 

 year, the son of the king of Eastern India, named Jang-kee-kwang-lo (?) 

 came to court to bring tribute. The king of the kingdom of the Law in 

 India|| happening to die, his eldest son succeeded him ; all the other 

 eons of the deceased king quitted their royal abode, and became priests 

 of Buddha, and returned no more to reside in their native kingdom. 

 One of the sons of this Indian king, named Man-choo-she-lelF, came 

 into the kingdom of the Middle (China) as a Buddhist priest. The 

 Emperor Tae-tsoo ordered that he should be provided with an apart- 

 ment in the palace of his ministers of state, that he should be well treat- 

 ed whilst he remained in the capital, and that he should have as much 

 money as he required. The body of Buddhist priests conceived a jealousy 

 against him ; and being unable to repel the false accusations, of which 

 he was the object, he requested permission to return to his native king- 

 dom which was granted by the emperor, who published a proclamation 

 on the subject. Man-choo-she-le, at first, was much alarmed at their 

 intrigues; but when all the Buddhist priests knew the meaning of the 



* Tih-Tuh-shay-le-ylh : the characters shay-le are the transcription of the Sans- 

 crit word jrfft Shurira, ' body,' or ST^tfccr ShAririn, ' corporeal.' Dr. Morri- 

 son in his Dictionary (Vol. I. Part i. p. 530)," states on an authority unknown to us, 

 but apparently to be relied on : " Shay-h-ta, a Pagoda, raised over certain relics or 

 nearly ashes of Buddha ; these, it is said, are contained in a gold box ; if, on being 

 opened, they exhibit a dingy appearance, it is deemed a bad omen ; if a red ap- 

 pearance, a good omen." 



f Another transcription of the Sanscrit f^^j Sindhu, the river Indus, whence 



thp European and Arabic name of India. 



,_ _* ,n.„i_ See Ma-twau-lin, book 



f These are the kingdoms of Pnrusha and Cashmere. See Ma-twau-lin, boo! 

 £ fol 15 and M. Re'musat's translation, Nouv. Melanges Asiut. t. 1. p. 196. 



i Che-fun-lae, ' Presents from Che-fan.' It is not said in the text what wai 

 the nature of the articles brought ; but it is fair to presume, that they were Bud- 

 dhist hooks in Sanscrit, which were subsequently translated into Chinese. 



ii Teen.choo-che-jA.kw6, ' the kindom of the Law of India;' apparently the king- 

 dom of the Law of Buddha, i. e. Magadha. 



% In Sanscrit ^^^1 Manjusrl, a term which denotes a Buddhist saint. 



