Yang Xuanzhi 楊衒之 ,”Record of Buddhist Monasteries in Luoyang” 洛陽伽藍記 ,547 AD.

Victor Cunrui Xiong, “Capital Cities and Urban Form in Pre-Modern China: Luoyang: 1038 BC to 938 CE”, 2016 also was the topic of another blog post. Here I present: Yang Xuanzhi  楊衒之 ,“Record of the Buddhist Monasteries in Luoyang” 洛陽伽藍記, 547 AD.  This text relates the introduction of Buddhism to China in 65 AD. Shown ABOVE the establishment … Continue reading Yang Xuanzhi 楊衒之 ,”Record of Buddhist Monasteries in Luoyang” 洛陽伽藍記 ,547 AD.