The Travels of Marco Polo · Character
Faxian
Also known as Fah-hian
- Minor
- First seen · Book 1 · Ch. 78
Faxian is remembered as a Chinese pilgrim whose travels brought him into contact with places of care as well as places of faith. The record is spare, but it leaves an impression of a watchful traveler moving through a world much larger than himself.
- Gender
- male
- First appears
- Book 1 · Ch. 78
- Books
- 1
Faxian, also known as Fah-hian, is referenced as a Chinese pilgrim. The text notes that he found hospitals for the diseased and destitute at Palibothra, but gives no further account of his life, relationships, or personal transformation. He remains a brief but humane presence in the record.
Description
Faxian is identified as a Chinese pilgrim, but no physical description is provided. His height, build, skin tone, hair, eyes, facial features, clothing, and distinguishing marks are unspecified, and no particular religious garment or accessory is described.
Story so far
BOOK 1The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1
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