Manuscripts and Travellers : The Sino-Tibetan Documents of a Tenth-Century Buddhist Pilgrim /
van Schaik, Sam
Manuscripts and Travellers : The Sino-Tibetan Documents of a Tenth-Century Buddhist Pilgrim / Imre Galambos, Sam van Schaik. - 1 online resource (247 p.) : div. Abb. - Studies in Manuscript Cultures , 2 2365-9696 ; .
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Introduction -- Part I. Cultural Context and Historical Connections -- 2 The Dunhuang Manuscripts -- 3 Buddhist Pilgrimage to the West in the Tenth Century -- 4 Tibetans of the Borderlands -- Part II. The Manuscript -- 5 The Structure of the Manuscript -- 6 From the Gantong Monastery -- 7 The Baoenjing -- 8 The Tibetan Tantric Texts -- 9 The Letters of Passage -- 10 Conclusions -- Maps -- Bibliography -- Index -- Plates. Teil 1 -- Plates. Teil 2
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This study is based on a manuscript which was carried by a Chinese monk through the monasteries of the Hexi corridor, as part of his pilgrimage from Wutaishan to India. The manuscript has been created as a composite object from three separate documents, with Chinese and Tibetan texts on them. Included is a series of Tibetan letters of introduction addressed to the heads of monasteries along the route, functioning as a passport when passing through the region. The manuscript dates to the late 960s, coinciding with the large pilgrimage movement during the reign of Emperor Taizu of the Northern Song recorded in transmitted sources. Therefore, it is very likely that this is a unique contemporary testimony of the movement, of which our pilgrim was also part. Complementing extant historical sources, the manuscript provides evidence for the high degree of ethnic, cultural and linguistic diversity in Western China during this period.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9783110225648 9783110225655
10.1515/9783110225655 doi
Buddhist pilgrims and pilgrimages--China.
Buddhist pilgrims and pilgrimages--Tibet Region.
China.
Handschriften.
Tibet.
PHILOSOPHY / General.
China. Manuscripts. Tibet.
BQ6450.C6 / V36 2012
294.34351
Manuscripts and Travellers : The Sino-Tibetan Documents of a Tenth-Century Buddhist Pilgrim / Imre Galambos, Sam van Schaik. - 1 online resource (247 p.) : div. Abb. - Studies in Manuscript Cultures , 2 2365-9696 ; .
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Introduction -- Part I. Cultural Context and Historical Connections -- 2 The Dunhuang Manuscripts -- 3 Buddhist Pilgrimage to the West in the Tenth Century -- 4 Tibetans of the Borderlands -- Part II. The Manuscript -- 5 The Structure of the Manuscript -- 6 From the Gantong Monastery -- 7 The Baoenjing -- 8 The Tibetan Tantric Texts -- 9 The Letters of Passage -- 10 Conclusions -- Maps -- Bibliography -- Index -- Plates. Teil 1 -- Plates. Teil 2
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
This study is based on a manuscript which was carried by a Chinese monk through the monasteries of the Hexi corridor, as part of his pilgrimage from Wutaishan to India. The manuscript has been created as a composite object from three separate documents, with Chinese and Tibetan texts on them. Included is a series of Tibetan letters of introduction addressed to the heads of monasteries along the route, functioning as a passport when passing through the region. The manuscript dates to the late 960s, coinciding with the large pilgrimage movement during the reign of Emperor Taizu of the Northern Song recorded in transmitted sources. Therefore, it is very likely that this is a unique contemporary testimony of the movement, of which our pilgrim was also part. Complementing extant historical sources, the manuscript provides evidence for the high degree of ethnic, cultural and linguistic diversity in Western China during this period.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9783110225648 9783110225655
10.1515/9783110225655 doi
Buddhist pilgrims and pilgrimages--China.
Buddhist pilgrims and pilgrimages--Tibet Region.
China.
Handschriften.
Tibet.
PHILOSOPHY / General.
China. Manuscripts. Tibet.
BQ6450.C6 / V36 2012
294.34351