Excuse me, is Faxian, a monk in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, from xiang yuan or Linfen? What is the basis?

Fa Xian is from Linfen, Shanxi Province, not from Changzhi and xiang yuan for two reasons:

According to 1, Buddhist stories and other historical records, Fa Xian was born in Wuyang, Pingyang County, Eastern Jin Dynasty. Since ancient times, historical research shows that Pingyang County belongs to Linfen City, and Xiangyuan is 200 kilometers away from Linfen, which is not under the jurisdiction of Pingyang County.

2. The Story of the Buddha wrote: "I tried to cut rice with dozens of classmates in the field. When I was hungry, thieves wanted to seize the grain. Shamans were eager to escape, but they were left alone. The thief said, "If you want the valley, take it at will. But you didn't give alms in the past, so you were hungry and poor. Take people today, afraid of the afterlife. Poverty is your trouble. "Pay what you said. Hundreds of monks were shocked when the thief abandoned the valley. " The meaning of this passage is that at that time, it was said that this monk was obviously a monk. Once he was cutting rice in the field with dozens of classmates, and there were hungry thieves trying to seize the grain. All the other novices ran away, and the obvious method did not move. Faxian said to the robber, "If you need rice, take it!"! But I want to tell you that you didn't give alms in the past, so you fell into hunger and poverty in this world. Now that I have committed robbery, I'm afraid I will suffer more in the afterlife. I tell you this because I am worried about you. " Faxian said this, then turned and left. The robber was moved by Faxian's suggestion, gave up the robbery and returned empty-handed. Hundreds of monks present at that time admired the spirit of Fa Xian.

Historical research shows that there was rice in Linfen at that time, and its environment is suitable for rice cultivation so far. But there is no record of rice planting in Xiangyuan, and its soil and environment are not suitable for rice planting at all. It was impossible to grow rice in the past, and it is impossible now.

Therefore, there is no doubt that Fa Xian is from Linfen, Shanxi. At that time, all the monks were wandering monks, so it was very likely that Fa Xian had been to Xiangyuan.