Bianji (fl. 7th century) was a Buddhist monk who lived in the

Tang Dynasty The Tang dynasty (, ; zh, t= ), or Tang Empire, was an imperial dynasty of China that ruled from 618 to 907 AD, with an interregnum between 690 and 705. It was preceded by the Sui dynasty and followed by the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdo ...

. He was also the translator and author of ''

Great Tang Records on the Western Regions The ''Great Tang Records on the Western Regions'' is a narrative of Xuanzang's nineteen-year journey from Chang'an in central China to the Western Regions of Chinese historiography. The Buddhist scholar traveled through the Silk Road regions o ...

''. Little is known about his life, apart from that he translated several Buddhist scriptures and sutras. He was executed by Emperor Taizong for having an illicit affair with the emperor's daughter Princess Gaoyang.

References

* Zhang Xiuping et al. (1993). ''100 Books That Influenced China: Da Tang Xiyu Ji''. Nanning: Guangxi Renmin Press. . p. 392-398. {{DEFAULTSORT:Bianji Chinese travel writers Tang dynasty Buddhist monks 7th-century deaths 649 deaths Tang dynasty writers Executed Tang dynasty people Year of birth unknown 7th-century executions by the Tang dynasty People executed by cutting in half Medieval travel writers Chinese Buddhist monks Tang dynasty Buddhists 7th-century Buddhists