(Airdate: December 24, 2024) We’re just outside the town of Wuwei and we’ve reigned in our bicycles by the pagoda named after the translator Kumarajiva. We’ve already heard the story about how Kumarajiva was held captive for seventeen years until he finally reached the capital of Chongan. The emperor had been so impressed the with his abilities as a translator and Buddhist commentator that he ordered ten ladies of the court to sleep with him in hopes of passing on his genius to future generations. When Kumsrsjiva died, we’ll learn how and why his tongue survived the flames of the crematorium, and what became of it.
Silk
