How Long to Read A Record of Buddhistic Kingdoms

How Long Does it Take to Read A Record of Buddhistic Kingdoms?

It takes the average reader 6 hours and 4 minutes to read A Record of Buddhistic Kingdoms by Fa-hsien

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

Several times during my long residence in Hong Kong I endeavoured to read through the "Narrative of Fa-hien;" but though interested with the graphic details of much of the work, its columns bristled so constantly - now with his phonetic representations of Sanskrit words, and now with his substitution for them of their meanings in Chinese characters, and I was, moreover, so much occupied with my own special labours on the Confucian Classics, that my success was far from satisfactory. When Dr. Eitel's "Handbook for the Student of Chinese Buddhism" appeared in 1870, the difficulty occasioned by the Sanskrit words and names was removed, but the other difficulty remained; and I was not able to look into the book again for several years. Nor had I much inducement to do so in the two copies of it which I had been able to procure, on poor paper, and printed from blocks badly cut at first, and so worn with use as to yield books the reverse of attractive in their appearance to the student...

How long is A Record of Buddhistic Kingdoms?

A Record of Buddhistic Kingdoms by Fa-hsien is 356 pages long, and a total of 91,136 words.

This makes it 120% the length of the average book. It also has 111% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read A Record of Buddhistic Kingdoms Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 8 hours and 18 minutes to read A Record of Buddhistic Kingdoms aloud.

What Reading Level is A Record of Buddhistic Kingdoms?

A Record of Buddhistic Kingdoms is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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