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'''Ximing Temple''' ({{zh|c=西明寺|p=Xīmíngsì|w=Hsi-ming-ssu}}) was a famous temple in [[Chang'an]] (now known as [[Xi'an]]), the capital of the [[Tang dynasty]]. Chang'an was the eastern terminus of the [[Silk Road]], and a cosmopolitan metropolis. Ximing was established by [[Emperor Gaozong of Tang|Tang Gaozong]] in 656.<ref>{{Cite book | last = Poceski | first = Mario | title = Ordinary mind as the way: the Hongzhou school and the growth of Chan Buddhism | publisher = [[Oxford University Press]] | year = 2007 | pages = 60 | isbn = 978-0-19-531996-5}}</ref> The temple is named after a Korean Buddhist monk known as Ximing Fashi ({{lang|zh|西明法师}}).<ref name=":0">{{Citation |last=Litian |first=Fang |title=The Buddhist temple hall |date=2018-11-21 |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781315720487-6 |work=Chinese Buddhism and Traditional Culture |pages=128–146 |access-date=2020-08-06 |location=New York |publisher=Routledge |doi=10.4324/9781315720487-6 |isbn=978-1-315-72048-7 |s2cid=199195602|url-access=subscription }}</ref> Also known as Woncheuk (613–696) (Chinese Yuáncè), he did most of his important scholarly work at this temple.<ref name=":0" />

It was at Ximing that pilgrim and traveller [[Xuanzang]] (602-664) translated the scriptures he had brought back from [[India]]. Another traveller [[I Ching (monk)|Yijing]] (635-713) also based himself at Ximing while working on translations of Indian scriptures. {{IAST|Shubhākarasimha}}, an Indian scholar monk, was responsible for the introduction of the [[Mahavairocana Sutra]] and the [[tantra|tantric]] traditions associated with it. [[Kukai]], a Japanese monk, studied Sanskrit there under the tutelage of [[Gandhara]]n pandit [[Prajna (Buddhist Monk)|Prajñā]] (734-810?) who had been educated at the Indian Buddhist university at [[Nalanda]].  Ximing was celebrated for its library which was the most comprehensive library of Buddhist texts in China at the time.

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