Yijing (monk)

Yijing
Artist impression of Yijing
Born	635 CE Fanyang (Yanjing), Tang Empire
Died	713 CE Chang'an (now Xi'an)
Occupation(s)	Buddhist monk, traveler
Personal
Religion	Buddhism
Senior posting
Teacher	Shi Huen[clarification needed]

Yijing
Excerpt of a scroll from Yijing's Buddhist Monastic Traditions of Southern Asia. Tenri, Nara, Japan
Traditional Chinese	義淨
Simplified Chinese	义净
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Yìjìng Wade–Giles I-ching I Ching
Buddhist title
Traditional Chinese	三藏法師義淨
Simplified Chinese	三藏法师义净
Literal meaning	Tripitaka Dharma-Master Yijing
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Sānzàng Fǎshī Yìjìng Wade–Giles San-tsang Fa-shih I-ching
Zhang Wenming
Traditional Chinese	張文明
Simplified Chinese	张文明
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Zhāng Wénmíng Wade–Giles Chang Wên-ming

Yijing (635–713 CE), formerly romanized as I-ching or I-tsing,^[1] born Zhang Wenming, was a Tang-era Chinese Buddhist monk famed as a traveller and translator. His account of his travels are an important source for the history of the medieval kingdoms along the sea route between China and India, especially Srivijaya in Indonesia. He also gave accounts of the Gupta Period. A student of the Buddhist university at Nālandā (now in Bihar, India), he was also responsible for the translation of many Buddhist texts from Sanskrit and Pali into Chinese.