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Fusang
Manage episode 352908404 series 3403039
In 499 A.D., a Buddhist monk named Hui Shen walked into the city of Jingzhou and regaled the people there with tales from his recent adventure to a distant country called Fusang.
Fusang, according to a number of scholars, was in modern-day Mexico.
Was it? What does "The Book of Liang," the original Chinese source for this account, really say about it? Why did some scholars come to this seemingly outlandish conclusion?
160 episoder
Manage episode 352908404 series 3403039
In 499 A.D., a Buddhist monk named Hui Shen walked into the city of Jingzhou and regaled the people there with tales from his recent adventure to a distant country called Fusang.
Fusang, according to a number of scholars, was in modern-day Mexico.
Was it? What does "The Book of Liang," the original Chinese source for this account, really say about it? Why did some scholars come to this seemingly outlandish conclusion?
160 episoder
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