Song Un - Souun

Japanese: 宋雲 - そううん
Song Un - Souun
Date of birth and death unknown
A Buddhist monk from Dunhuang in the first half of the 6th century. Under the orders of Empress Dowager Hu during the reign of Emperor Xiaoming of the Northern Wei Dynasty, he left Luoyang around 518 and traveled to northwestern India, obtaining about 170 copies of Buddhist scriptures and returning to China around 522. His travelogue, Song Yun Jiajieji, is an important historical source on transportation in southern Asia at that time.

Source: Obunsha World History Dictionary, Third Edition About Obunsha World History Dictionary, Third Edition

Japanese:
生没年不詳
6世紀前半の敦煌 (とんこう) の仏僧
北魏の孝明帝のとき,胡太后 (こたいごう) の命で518年ごろ洛陽を出発して北西インドを歴遊,仏典約170部を得て522年ごろ帰国。旅行記『宋雲家記』は当時のアジア南方交通についての重要史料。

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