Xuanzang (fl. c. 602–664) was a Chinese scholar who traveled to India and returned to China with three copies of the "Mahāprajñāpāramitā Sūtra" which he had secured from his extensive travels. Xuanzang, with a team of disciple translators, commenced translating the voluminous work in 660 CE using the three versions to ensure the integrity of the source documentation. Xuanzang was being encouraged by a number of the disciple translators to render an abridged version. After a suite of dreams quickened his decision, Xuanzang determined to render an unabridged, complete volume, faithful to the original of 600 fascicles.