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Liangzhou (Wuwei)

Liangzhou, the area of modern Wuwei in Gansu province, China, was a strategic oasis garrison town on the Hexi Corridor of the Silk Road and an early conduit for Buddhism entering China. The translator Kumārajīva was held there for some seventeen years after his capture from Kucha before being taken on to Chang'an in 401; pilgrims such as Xuanzang also passed through the city on the route west.

12 most-discussed ideas

Teachers who lived here

Works composed here

Ideas shaped here

Concepts most frequently discussed in the works composed at Liangzhou (Wuwei). Click any to trace the idea across time and place.

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