Hyecho's Journey: The World of Buddhism

by Donald S. Lopez Jr.

In the year 721, a young Buddhist monk named Hyecho set out from the kingdom of Silla, on the Korean peninsula, on what would become one of the most extraordinary journeys in history. Sailing first to China, Hyecho continued to what is today Vietnam, Indonesia, Myanmar, India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Iran, before taking the Silk Road and heading back east, where he ended his days on the sacred mountain of Wutaishan in China.
With Hyecho's...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 022651790X
• ISBN13: 9780226517902
• Release Date: December 2017
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 2.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 7.4" x 10.3"