Wang ocheonchukguk jeon
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Wang ocheonchukguk jeon is the writing of the Buddhist monk Hyecho, who traveled from Korea to India, in the years 723 - 727/728 CE. It is written in Classical Chinese and it is part of the Buddhist travel literature.
The title "Wang ocheonchukguk jeon" is the Korean translation of the Chinese words 往五天竺國传 (wǎng wǔ tiān zhú guó chuán): wang (왕, 往: "travel"), o (오, 五: "five"), cheonchuk (천축, 天竺: "India"), guk (국, 國: "country") and jeon (전, 傳: "narration"). It means "The Accounts of the Travel in the Five Indian Kingdoms", the Five Indian Kingdoms referring to West, East, North, South and Central India.
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- 往五天竺國傳 (in Chinese)
- The Hye Ch'o Diary: Memoir of the Pilgrimage to the Five Regions of India. ISBN 0895810247 (UNESCO collection of representative works)
