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Fa-tsang (Fazang, 643-712 CE)

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  • Jeffrey Broughton, "Fazang," entry contained in Buswell's EoB, p. 284. He was of Sogdian origins, but born in Chang'an. He was considered the 3rd patriarch of Huayen school.
  • Jinhua Chen, Fazang (643-712): The Holy Man, Journal of the International Association of Buddhist Studies, vol. 28, no. 1 (2005), pp. 11-84. Death date is December 16, 712 CE.
  • Jinhua Chen, History and His Stories: New Perspectives on the Intellectual and Religious Life of the Avataṃsaka Master Fazang (643-712), a book in preparation.
  • Jinhua Chen, More Than a Philosopher: Fazang (643-712) as a Politician and Miracle Worker, History of Religions, vol. 42, no. 4 (May 2003), pp. 320-359.
  • Antonino Forte, A Jewel in Indra's Net: The Letter Sent by Fazang in China to Uisang in Korea, Italian School of East Asian Studies Occasional Papers no. 8 (Kyoto 2000).
  • Michael Welsh, Fa-tsang, Pure Light and Printing: An Inquiry into the Origin of Textual Xylography, M.A. thesis, University of Minnesota (1981). Earliest known xylographically-printed text was found in a Buddhist pagoda in South Korea in 1966. It was made by Fa-tsang and a Tokharian Buddhist master.
  • Fazang, Les mystères essentiels de l'Entrée à Lanka, tr. by Patrick Carré, Fayard (Paris 2007), in 138 pages.