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Formerly, when Fa Hsien was at Ch'ang-an, he was distressed at the imperfect state of the Disciplines; and, subsequently, in the second year of Hung Shih, the Chihai of the cycle, he agreed with Hui Ching, Tao Chêng, Hui Ying, Hui Wei and others to go to India and try to obtain these Disciplines. They started from Ch'ang-an, crossed the Lung (mountains), and arrived at the country of Ch'ien Kuei where they spent the rainy season.

The rainy season over they went on to the country of Nou