Wang Xuance
Wang Wang Xuance (fl. 7th century) was a Chinese diplomat, military general, and travel writer.
Also recorded as Xuance Wang
Wang Xuance
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- 700 · Luoyang.
- Nationality
- Tang dynasty
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- diplomat · historian · writer
- Languages
- Chinese
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In 643 CE he went on a pilgrimage to India, together with Li Yibiao. Due to Tibet's aggressive stance, which threatened both Chinese and Indian states, The Tang and Kannauj had started to maintain friendly relations, and in 648, Tang Taizong (reign 626 to 649) of the Tang dynasty (618 to 907) sent him to the Kingdom of Kannauj (510–1036), India, heading the third Tang mission, in response to Harshavardhana (reign 606 to 647) sending an ambassador to China. According to Chinese sources, on arriving in India he discovered that Harshavardhana had died. The new king, Aluonashun (supposedly Arunāsva), attacked Wang and his 30 mounted subordinates. Wang Xuance escaped to Tibet, and assembled a regiment of 7,000 Nepalese mounted infantry and 1,200 Tibetan mercenaries, which attacked Arunāsva at the Battle of Chabuheluo, captivating him and 2,000 prisoners, and also taking a reported Buddhist relic for China. The success of this attack won Xuance the prestigious title of the "Grand Master for the Closing Court." He wrote the book Zhong Tianzhu Guo Xingji (Travel Notes of Central India), which included a wealth of geographical information.
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- Needham, Joseph. Science and Civilisation in China: Volume 3; Mathematics and the Sciences of the Heavens and the Earth. Cambridge University Press. 1959. 0-521-05801-5.
- Pordenone, Odorico, da. Cathay and the Way Thither: Preliminary essay on the intercourse between China and the western nations previous to the discovery of the Cape route. Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers Pvt. Ltd. 1998. 9788121508391.
- Schaik, Sam, Van. Tibet: A History. Yale University Press. 2011. 978-0-300-17217-1.
- Sen, Tansen. Buddhism, Diplomacy, and Trade: The Realignment of Sino-Indian Relations, 600-1400. University of Hawaii Press. 2003. 978-0-8248-2593-5.
- Sircar, D.C. Studies in the Geography of Ancient and Medieval India. Motilal Banarsidass. 1990. 978-81-208-0690-0.
- Yule, Henry. Cathay and the Way Thither, Being a Collection of Medieval Notices of China. Asian Educational Services. 1915. 978-81-206-1966-1.
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