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玄奘西行求法行迹(627年 — 645年 · 唐贞观元年至贞观十九年 · )
Xuanzang's Pilgrimage to the Western Regions (627 CE – 645 CE · Tang Dynasty, Zhenguan Era · )
时代跨度:627年 — 645年 · 唐贞观元年至贞观十九年 ·
途经站点:共 10 站
起点 → 终点:长安 → 长安(归唐)
全线途经古今地名:长安(今陕西西安) → 凉州(今甘肃武威) → 瓜州·玉门关(今甘肃瓜州) → 高昌王城(今新疆吐鲁番) → 屈支(龟兹)(今新疆库车) → 碎叶城(今吉尔吉斯斯坦托克马克) → 缚喝(大夏)(今阿富汗巴尔赫) → 健驮逻(今巴基斯坦白沙瓦) → 于阗(瞿萨旦那)(今新疆和田) → 长安(归唐)(今陕西西安)。
Route Stops: Chang'an (Xi'an, Shaanxi) → Liangzhou (Wuwei, Gansu) → Guazhou & Jade Gate (Guazhou, Gansu) → Gaochang (Qocho) (Turpan, Xinjiang) → Kucha (Quzhi) (Kuqa, Xinjiang) → Suyab (Suiye) (Tokmok, Kyrgyzstan) → Balkh (Fohe) (Balkh, Afghanistan) → Gandhara (Purushapura) (Peshawar, Pakistan) → Khotan (Kustana) (Hotan, Xinjiang) → Chang'an (Return) (Xi'an, Shaanxi).
玄奘西行求法行迹 · 逐站时空坐标、古今地名与史料诗词详解(10 站)
为求《瑜伽师地论》梵本真义以释诸家纷歧,年二十八的玄奘大师自长安混迹灾民西出秦陇,立誓“不至天竺,终不东归一步”。
Seeking original Sanskrit texts of the Yogacara-bhumi-sastra, Master Xuanzang departed Chang'an alone, vowing never to take a step back eastward before reaching India.
《大慈恩寺三藏法师传》:“遂发足西行,自尔孑然孤游。”Biography of the Tripitaka Master: "Thus he set foot westward, traveling onward in solitary resolve."
抵河西都会凉州,受众僧礼请开讲《涅槃》《摄大乘论》月余,名震葱岭以东;因朝廷严禁私度边关,由慧威法师遣徒护送昼伏夜行西赴瓜州。
In Liangzhou, Xuanzang lectured for over a month to great acclaim; evading border bans, he traveled by night and hid by day toward Guazhou.
《大慈恩寺三藏法师传》:“凉州为河西都会,僧徒既多,请留开讲。”Biography of the Tripitaka Master: "Liangzhou was the metropolis of Hexi; its many monks entreated him to stay and lecture."
州吏李昌感其诚而暗撕通缉谍文。玄奘夜渡葫芦河、独闯五烽,于八百里莫贺延碛失手覆水,四夜五日滴水未进,绝处逢生终抵伊吾。
Crossing the Hulu River by night past five watchtowers, Xuanzang survived five days and four nights without water in the 800-li Moheyan Desert.
《大慈恩寺三藏法师传》:“莫贺延碛长八百余里,古曰沙河,上无飞鸟,下无走兽。”Biography of the Tripitaka Master: "The Moheyan Desert stretches over 800 li—no birds above, no beasts below."
高昌王麴文泰虔礼挽留,玄奘水浆不涉三日以明西求大法之志;麴文泰感泣结为兄弟,修二十四封国书、备黄金百两与三十匹马护送西行。
Moved by Xuanzang’s three-day fast, King Qu Wentai became his sworn brother and provided 24 diplomatic letters and provisions for the Western Regions.
《大慈恩寺三藏法师传》:“任师西迈,乞垂早食……遂共结为兄弟。”Biography of the Tripitaka Master: "The King pledged to support his westward journey and swore brotherhood with him."
在龟兹与高僧木叉毱多论辩经义,因大雪封山逗留六十余日;开春后翻越积雪千尺的凌山(天山木扎尔特达坂),历经雪崩严寒出天山北麓。
Delayed two months in Kucha by winter snows, Xuanzang then scaled the glacial Muzart Pass of the Tian Shan.
《大唐西域记》:“山谷积雪,春夏合冻,虽时消泮,寻复结冰。”Great Tang Records on the Western Regions: "The mountain valleys are piled with snow, frozen through spring and summer."
循大清池(伊塞克湖)西北行至碎叶城,恰逢西突厥统叶护可汗游猎。可汗设宴礼敬,命通解汉言及诸国语的摩咄达官率骑护送至迦毕试国境。
Passing Lake Issyk-Kul to Suyab, Xuanzang met Tong Yabghu Khagan of the Western Turks, who assigned a multilingual envoy to escort him south.
《大唐西域记》:“清池西北行五百余里至素叶水城,逢突厥叶护可汗方事畋游。”Great Tang Records: "Traveling 500 li northwest from the Clear Lake to Suyab, he met the Turkic Yabghu Khagan on a hunt."
经赭时(塔什干)、飒秣建(撒马尔罕),穿险峻铁门关,渡缚刍河(阿姆河)抵号称“小王舍城”的缚喝国,与般若羯罗法师切磋毗婆沙论。
Passing Samarkand and the Iron Gate Pass across the Oxus to Balkh ("Little Rajagrha"), studying Abhidharma texts at Nava Vihara.
《大唐西域记》:“缚喝国,伽蓝百有余所,僧徒三千余人。”Great Tang Records: "The Kingdom of Balkh has over a hundred monasteries and more than three thousand monks."
翻越大雪山(兴都库什山)、瞻礼梵衍那(巴米扬)石佛,入北天竺健驮逻故地;由此深游五印十余载,于那烂陀寺师从戒贤论师,并在曲女城十八国王大会立“真唯识量”。
Crossing the Hindu Kush past Bamiyan into Gandhara, beginning over a decade across India culminating at Nalanda Monastery and the Grand Assembly of Kanauj.
《大唐西域记》:“自古大圣贤,多生此国,作论诸师,亦多出此。”Great Tang Records: "Since antiquity, great sages and treatise-masters have arisen in this land of Gandhara."
载梵本经论越帕米尔高原东归至于阗,遣使向唐太宗奉表陈情;此时大唐已平定高昌、设安西都护府,太宗降敕欣慰迎归,命沿途州县护送。
Returning across the Pamirs to Khotan with Sanskrit scriptures, Xuanzang sent a memorial to Emperor Taizong, who issued an imperial edict welcoming him home.
《进西域记表》:“冒越宪章,私往天竺……历览周游,一十七载。”Memorial to the Throne: "Having ventured beyond the border laws to India, I traveled and observed for seventeen years."
贞观十九年正月返抵长安,朱雀街数十万人瞻礼迎奉六百五十七部梵经;后于弘福寺、大慈恩寺主持译场十九载,译经七十五部,撰成《大唐西域记》十二卷。
Returning to Chang'an in 645 CE with 657 Sanskrit texts, Xuanzang led the imperial translation bureau for 19 years and compiled the Great Tang Records on the Western Regions.
《旧唐书·玄奘传》:“贞观十九年,归至京师,太宗见之大悦,与之谈论。”Old Book of Tang: "In the 19th year of Zhenguan he returned to the capital; Emperor Taizong met him with great joy."