An Xuan
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An Xuan () was a Parthian layman credited with working alongside An Shigao () and Yan Fotiao () in the translation of early
Buddhist texts Buddhist texts are those religious texts which belong to the Buddhist tradition. The earliest Buddhist texts were not committed to writing until some centuries after the death of Gautama Buddha. The oldest surviving Buddhist manuscripts a ...
in Luoyang in Later Han China.


Bibliography

* Nattier, Jan (2008)
A Guide to the Earliest Chinese Buddhist Translations: Texts from the Eastern Han and Three Kingdoms Periods
Bibliotheca Philologica et Philosophica, IRIAB Vol. X, 89-94; {{China-hist-stub 2nd-century Buddhists Iranian Buddhists Han dynasty Buddhists 2nd-century Iranian people