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Buddhist monks from the Western Regions

  • Lokaksema (Buddhist monk)A man named Lokakshema arrived in the Han capital of Luoyang during the second century. His name appears in Chinese records as Loujiachen, yet scholars…
  • An ShigaoThe name An Shigao carries a prefix that has puzzled historians for centuries. Some scholars believe the character An abbreviates Anxi, the Chinese…