Manuscripts and Travellers
豆瓣
The Sino-Tibetan Documents of a Tenth-Century Buddhist Pilgrim
Sam van Shaik / Imre Galambos
简介
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.
目录
Acknowledgements vii
1. Introduction 1
Part I Cultural Context and Historical Connections
2. The Dunhuang Manuscripts 13
3. Buddhist Pilgrimage to the West in the Tenth Century 35
4. Tibetans of the Borderlands 61
Part II The Manuscript
5. The Structure of the Manuscript 77
6. From the Gantong Monastery 87
7. The Baoenjing 107
8. The Tibetan Tantric Texts 127
9. The Letters of Passage 147
10. Conclusions 177
Maps 181
Bibliography 185
Index 205
Plates 213