Project

Dao’an’s Translation Projects in 380s Chang’an

Program

The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowships in Buddhist Studies

Department

Department of Religious Studies

Abstract

This project aims to uncover lost details about the developing translation practices and theories in late-fourth century China with the combined application of traditional philological and historical analysis and digital humanities approach on the bibliographical, biographical, and textual sources related to Dao’an’s translation team.