What is Faxian?
{{Infobox religious biography | background = #FFA500 | image =Fa Hsien at the ruins of Asoka's palace.jpg | caption = Faxian at the ruins of [[Ashoka]]'s palace | religion = [[Buddhism]] | school = | lineage = | sect = | temple = | alias = | location = | title = | period = | predecessor = | successor = | ordination = | parents = Tsang Hi (father) | post = | previous_post = | present_post = | birth_date = 337 | birth_place = Pingyang Wuyang (平陽武陽), in modern [[Linfen City]], [[Shanxi]]<ref>{{cite journal |last=Li |first=Xican |date=2016 |title=Faxian's Biography and His Contributions to Asian Buddhist Culture: Latest Textual Analysis|url=http://www.ccsenet.org/journal/index.php/ach/article/view/52436/28063 |journal=[[Asian Culture and History]] |volume=8 |issue=1 |pages=38 |doi=10.5539/ach.v8n1p38 |access-date= 16 August 2017|doi-access=free }}</ref> | nationality = | death_date = ca. 422 (aged 85) | death_place = | resting place = | resting place coordinates = | teacher = | students = | works = ''Foguoji'' (''A Record of Buddhistic Kingdoms'') | reincarnation of = }} {{Chinese |t=法顯 |s=法显 |p=Fǎxiǎn |w=Fa<sup>3</sup>-hsien<sup>3</sup> |y=Fat<sup>3</sup>-hin<sup>2</sup> |h=Fap<sup>5</sup>-hien<sup>3</sup> |poj=Huat-hién |mc=Pjop-xén |kanji=法顕 |kana=ほっけん |romaji=Hokken |san = फा हियान}} '''Faxian''' (337 – c. 422) was a Chinese [[Bhikkhu|Buddhist monk]]. He is also translator. He traveled by foot from [[China]] to [[India]], visiting sacred Buddhist sites in [[Central Asia|Central]] , [[South Asia|South]] and [[Southeast Asia]] between 399–412 to acquire [[Buddhist texts]]. He described his journey his travelogue, ''A Record of Buddhist Kingdoms'' (''Foguo Ji'' 佛國記). Other transliterations of his name include '''Fa-Hien''' and '''Fa-hsien'''. ==Biography== In 399, Faxian set out with nine others to locate sacre