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In 1857 he printed for private circulation a pamphlet showing that the Tycoon Of Yedo (i.e. Tokugawa Shogun of Edo), with whom foreigners had made treaties, was not the real Emperor Of Japan . He retired from the navy in 1877 . His reputation was established by his series of works which traced the travels of the Chinese Buddhist pilgrims in India from the fifth to the seventh century, A. D., and by his books on Buddhism, which have become classics.

Among his works are:
  • ''The Travels of Sung-Yun and Fa-Hien'' (1869)

  • ''The Catena of Buddhist Scriptures from the Chinese'' (1872)

  • ''The Romantic Legend of Buddha'' (1876)

  • ''Texts from the Buddhist Canon, Dhammapada'' (1878)

  • ''Buddhism in China'' (1884)

  • ''Si-Yu-Ki: Buddhist Records of the Western World, by Hiuen Tsiang''. 2 vols. Translated by Samuel Beal. London. 1884. Reprint: Delhi. Oriental Books Reprint Corporation. 1969. (Includes ''The Travels of Sung-Yun and Fa-Hien'').

  • ''The Life of Hiuen-Tsiang. Translated from the Chinese of Shaman Hwui Li'' by Samuel Beal. London. 1911. Reprint Munshiram Manoharlal, New Delhi. 1973.



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