I may not always think on various points exactly as he does, but I am not more forward than he is to say with Horace,-- "Nullius addictus jurare in verba magistri." I have referred above, and also in the Introduction, to the Corean text of Fa-Hsien's narrative, which I received from Mr.Nanjio.

It is on the whole so much superior to the better-known texts, that I determined to attempt to reproduce it at the end of the little volume, so far as our resources here in Oxford would permit.

To do so has not been an easy task.

The two fonts of Chinese types in the Clarendon Press were prepared primarily for printing the translation of our Sacred Scriptures, and then extended so as to be available for printing also the Confucian Classics; but the Buddhist work necessarily requires many types not found in them, while many other characters in the Corean recension are peculiar in their forms, and some are what Chinese dictionaries denominate "vulgar." That we have succeeded so well as we have done is owing chiefly to the intelligence, ingenuity, and untiring attention of Mr.J.C.Pembrey, the Oriental Reader.
The pictures that have been introduced were taken from a superb edition of a History of Buddha, republished recently at Hang-chau in Cheh-kiang, and profusely illustrated in the best style of Chinese art.

I am indebted for the use of it to the Rev.J.H.Sedgwick, University Chinese Scholar.
James Legge.
Oxford: June, 1886.
[ Picture: Sketch Map Of Fa-Hien's Travels ] The accompanying Sketch-Map, taken in connexion with the notes on the different places in the Narrative, will give the reader a sufficiently accurate knowledge of Fa-Hsien's route.
There is no difficulty in laying it down after he crossed the Indus from east to west into the Punjab, all the principal places, at which he touched or rested, having been determined by Cunningham and other Indian geographers and archaeologists.