Hsuen Tsang (or Xuanzang) was a famous Chinese Buddhist monk, who travelled to India in the early Tang period. He studied with many famous Buddhist masters, especially at the Nalanda University. When he returned to China after 17 years of travel, he brought with him some 657 Sanskrit texts. With the emperor’s support he set up a large translation bureau in Changan, and with his students translated many scriptures into Chinese. Behind his statue you see the Wild Goose Pagoda in Xian (once called Changan), where he worked in the 7th century. My idol. A great traveller and more. 
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