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Xuanzang: Works & Legacy

Xuanzang (Chinese: 玄奘; Wade–Giles: Hsüen Tsang; ; 6 April 602 – 5 February 664), born Chen Hui or Chen Yi (陳褘 / 陳禕), also known by his Sanskrit Dharma name Mokṣadeva, was a 7th-century Chinese Buddhist monk, scholar, traveller, and translator. He is known for the epoch-making contributions to Chinese Buddhism, the travelogue of his journey to the Indian…

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Xuanzang topic overview

The analysis highlights Works and Legacy as prominent areas in the source structure around Xuanzang. 1 topic appears in more than one source area, which can help identify connections that are less obvious in a linear reading.

Related topics
248
Source areas
8
Connected nodes
257
Extracted relationships
245
Related term clusters
39
Bridge connections
257

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

Overview · 162 topics
Legacy · 33 topics
Chinese Buddhism (influence) · 13 topics
Early life · 12 topics
Names · 12 topics
Pilgrimage · 9 topics
Original works · 7 topics
Gallery · 1 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

Notable work
Great Tang Records on the Western Regions
Occupation
Buddhist monk · scholar · translator · pilgrim · traveller
Education
Jingtu Monastery · Nalanda
Born
(602-04-06)6 April 602 Luoyang, Sui dynasty
Denomination
Mahayana
Dharma name
Mokṣadeva

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5Varanasi · Ganges · Vishnu
4Mahayana · Hinayana · Sarvastivada
3Henan · Luoyang · Traditional Chinese characters
3Yamuna · Prayaga · Kausambi
3Stupa · Arhat · Rishi

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Overview

Names

Early life

Pilgrimage

Chinese Buddhism (influence)

Original works

Legacy

Gallery

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Advanced semantic analysis

How Xuanzang connects Entity context

The extracted context around Xuanzang shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Xuanzang → Cantonese Yale, Chinese, Common, Dang-samjang, Dangseung, Genjō, Genjō-daishi, Genjō-sanzō, Giles, Great Master Xuanzang, Hsüan-tsang, Hsüan-tsang San-tsang, Hsüan-tsang Ta-shih, Huyền Trang, Huyền Trang Tam Tạng, Hyeonjang, Hyeonjang-daesa, Hyeonjang-samjang, Hyŏnjang, Hyŏnjang-samjang Another extracted example is Xuanzang → According, April, Buddhist, CE, Changzhi, Chen Hui, Chen Kang, Chen Qin, Chen Shi, Chen Su, Chen Yi, Chenhe Village, Chinese, Eastern Han, Eastern Wei, Goushi Town, Henan, Imperial Academy, Inspired, Jiangling County. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

Xuanzang

Top relations

related to Names · 49
Xuanzang → Cantonese Yale, Chinese, Common, Dang-samjang, Dangseung, Genjō, Genjō-daishi, Genjō-sanzō, Giles, Great Master Xuanzang, Hsüan-tsang, Hsüan-tsang San-tsang, Hsüan-tsang Ta-shih, Huyền Trang, Huyền Trang Tam Tạng, Hyeonjang, Hyeonjang-daesa, Hyeonjang-samjang, Hyŏnjang, Hyŏnjang-samjang
related to Early life · 30
Xuanzang → According, April, Buddhist, CE, Changzhi, Chen Hui, Chen Kang, Chen Qin, Chen Shi, Chen Su, Chen Yi, Chenhe Village, Chinese, Eastern Han, Eastern Wei, Goushi Town, Henan, Imperial Academy, Inspired, Jiangling County
related to Chinese Buddhism (influence) · 22
Xuanzang → Although, Buddhism, Buddhist, Chang'an, China, Chinese, Chinese Buddhism, Consciousness-only, During Xuanzang's, East Asia, East Asian Buddhism, Faxiang, Indian, Karma, Kuiji, Nalanda, Sanskrit, Wŏnch'ŭk, Xi'an, Xuanzang's
related to Relics · 22
Xuanzang → Chengdu, Dalai Lama, Great Compassion, Imperial Japanese Army, In May, India, Japan, Japanese, Nalanda, Nanjing, Nara, Part, Patna Museum, Sichuan, Taiwan, Taiwanese, Temple, The Wenshu Monastery, Tianjin, Xuanzang Temple
related to Return to China · 21
Xuanzang → According, Buddha, Buddhist, CE, China, Chinese, Chu Suiliang, Emperor Gaozong, Emperor Taizong, February, Giant Wild Goose Pagoda, Hinayana, Mahayana, Sacred Teachings, Shaanxi, Tang, The Emperor's Preface, Tongchuan, Wan Wenshao, Xuanzang's
related to In fiction · 18
Xuanzang → Arthur Waley's, Chinese, Dragon Ball, Gautama Buddha, Golden Cicada, Japanese, Journey, Ming, Monkey, One, Saiyuki, Silk Road, Tang Sanzang, TV, West, Wu Changling, Xuanzang's, Yuan Dynasty
related to Legacy · 17
Xuanzang → Bengal, Buddhism, Buddhist, Central, Chinese Buddhist, Gauda, Harikela, India, Karnasuvarna, Pundranagara, Raktamrittika, Samatata, Shashanka, South Asia, Tamralipti, Western Regions, Xuanzang's Records
related to Gallery · 13
Xuanzang → Bangladesh, Bihar, Giant Wild Goose Pagoda, Golden, India, Journey, Nalanda, Rangkut Banasram Pilgrimage Monastery, Statue, West, Xi'an, Xi'anStatue, Xi'anXuanzang Memorial Hall
related to Dates · 10
Xuanzang → CE, Chinese, Daoxun, East Asian, Guang, India, Japanese, Korean, Three, Xuanzang's
related to Travel through India and South Asia · 10
Xuanzang → Black, Buddhists, Central Asia, India, Indu, Lampa, Shengdu, Tianzhu, To Xuanzang, Xiandou

Important terminology

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Important terminology

buddhist country monasteries monks chinese india buddhism also monastery states deva temples hinayana mahayana li texts one people many describes

Xuanzang relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 245 structured relationships around Xuanzang. Examples in this analysis include Xuanzang → Born → (602-04-06)6 April 602 Luoyang, Sui dynasty and Xuanzang → Denomination → Mahayana. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
XuanzangBorn(602-04-06)6 April 602 Luoyang, Sui dynasty1.00infobox
XuanzangDenominationMahayana1.00infobox
XuanzangDharma nameMokṣadeva1.00infobox
XuanzangDied5 February 664(664-02-05) (aged 61) Tongchuan, Tang dynasty1.00infobox
XuanzangEducationJingtu Monastery1.00infobox
XuanzangEducationNalanda1.00infobox
XuanzangEraTang dynasty1.00infobox
XuanzangMonastic nameXuanzang1.00infobox
XuanzangNotable workGreat Tang Records on the Western Regions1.00infobox
XuanzangOccupationBuddhist monk1.00infobox
XuanzangOccupationscholar1.00infobox
XuanzangOccupationtranslator1.00infobox
XuanzangOccupationpilgrim1.00infobox
XuanzangOccupationtraveller1.00infobox
XuanzangReligionBuddhism1.00infobox
XuanzangSchoolEast Asian Yogācāra1.00infobox
XuanzangTeacherŚīlabhadra1.00infobox

Related concept clusters Related term clusters

The concept neighborhoods around Xuanzang bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include States, Country and Monasteries. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • Xuanzang
    • States
    • Country
    • Monasteries
    • Describes
    • Monks
    • Li
    • Stupas
    • Many
    • People
    • River
    • Capital
    • Buddha
  • xuanzang
    • States
    • Country
    • Monasteries
    • Describes
    • Monks
    • Li
    • Stupas
    • Many
    • People
    • River
    • Capital
    • Buddha
  • chinese language
    • Xuanzang's
    • Buddhism
    • Translation
    • Buddhist
    • Great
    • Also
    • Texts
    • Monk
    • Xuanzang
    • India
    • West
    • Monastery
  • chinese buddhism
    • Hinayana
    • Monks
    • Mahayana
    • Thousand
    • Monasteries
    • Xuanzang's
    • Buddhism
    • Chinese
    • Translation
    • Buddhist
    • Great
    • Three
  • buddhist texts
    • Monasteries
    • Monks
    • Xuanzang
    • Many
    • Chinese
    • Monastery
    • Three
    • Xuanzang's
    • Deva
    • Temples
    • Mahayana
    • Hundred
  • buddhist vegetarianism
    • Monasteries
    • Monks
    • Xuanzang
    • Many
    • Chinese
    • Monastery
    • Three
    • Deva
    • Temples
    • Mahayana
    • Hundred
    • Buddhism
  • reclining buddha
    • Describes
    • Temple
    • One
    • States
    • Capital
    • Hundred
    • Many
    • Buddhist
    • Monastery
    • Stupas
    • Stupa
    • East
  • mahayana buddhism
    • Hinayana
    • Monks
    • Mahayana
    • Thousand
    • Monasteries
    • Chinese
    • Two
    • Three
    • India
    • Hundred
    • Xuanzang
    • Country

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For Xuanzang, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Xuanzang with Overview. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
Xuanzang — Overview · splits 95 ⟂ 163
Xuanzang — Legacy · splits 224 ⟂ 34
Xuanzang — Chinese Buddhism (influence) · splits 244 ⟂ 14
Xuanzang — Names · splits 245 ⟂ 13
Xuanzang — Early life · splits 245 ⟂ 13
Xuanzang — Pilgrimage · splits 248 ⟂ 10
Xuanzang — Original works · splits 250 ⟂ 8

Map overview Semantic statistics

Xuanzang

Nodes258
Edges257
Triples245
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.007752
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around Xuanzang to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as Works & Legacy, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — Xuanzang · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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