{"slug": "chinese-language", "label": "Chinese language", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_language", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7850", "qid": "Q7850", "description": "language group of the Sinitic languages", "entries": 8, "years": 8, "span": [185, 1409], "span_label": ["185 CE", "1409 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 7}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "buddhism", "label": "Buddhism", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "buddhist", "label": "Buddhist", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "india", "label": "India", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "faxian", "label": "Faxian", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "han-dynasty", "label": "Han dynasty", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "pakistan", "label": "Pakistan", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "northern-wei", "label": "Northern Wei", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "luoyang", "label": "Luoyang", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "emperor-xiaowen-of-northern-wei", "label": "Emperor Xiaowen of Northern Wei", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "sri-lanka", "label": "Sri Lanka", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "zheng-he", "label": "Zheng He", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "chang-an", "label": "Chang'an", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 185, "year_label": "185 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Zhi Yao, a Kushan Buddhist monk of Yuezhi ethnicity, translates Buddhist texts into the Chinese language during the Han dynasty.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371308362#China", "title": "AD 185", "revid": 1371308362, "section": "Events › By place › China"}}, {"year": 401, "year_label": "401 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Kumarajiva, Kuchean Buddhist monk, arrives in Chang'an and begins translating Buddhist texts into Chinese.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1334186664#China", "title": "401", "revid": 1334186664, "section": "Events › By place › China"}}, {"year": 414, "year_label": "414 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Fa-Hien, Chinese Buddhist monk, returns from India and begins translating Buddhist works into Chinese.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1346865369#Religion", "title": "414", "revid": 1346865369, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}, {"year": 443, "year_label": "443 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Gunabhadra, Indian Buddhist monk, is an invited honored guest by emperor Wen of Liu Song (Liu Song dynasty). He translates the Lankavatara Sutra from Sanskrit into the Chinese language.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1326559931#Religion", "title": "443", "revid": 1326559931, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}, {"year": 494, "year_label": "494 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "Emperor Xiao Wen Di moves the capital of Northern Wei from Datong to Luoyang. He makes Chinese the official language of his court, and orders his nobility to adopt Chinese names.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340790268#China", "title": "494", "revid": 1340790268, "section": "Events › By place › China"}}, {"year": 561, "year_label": "561 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Jnanagupta, a Buddhist monk from Gandhara (Pakistan), begins translating Buddhist texts into Chinese.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340800797#Religion", "title": "561", "revid": 1340800797, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}, {"year": 591, "year_label": "591 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Jnanagupta, Afghan Buddhist monk, translates the Vimalakirti Sutra into Chinese.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364751608#Religion", "title": "591", "revid": 1364751608, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}, {"year": 1409, "year_label": "1409 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "February 15", "text": "February 15 – The Galle Trilingual Inscription, with inscriptions in three languages (Chinese, Tamil and Persian) is installed by the Chinese admiral Zheng He at Galle in Sri Lanka, where he has stopped while on his way home during the second of his treasure voyages.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1361998092#January–March", "title": "1409", "revid": 1361998092, "section": "Events › January–March"}}]}