03487nam 2200709 a 450 991078988730332120200520144314.01-283-39884-297866133988403-11-022565-410.1515/9783110225655(CKB)2670000000138721(EBL)827285(OCoLC)769343063(SSID)ssj0000576016(PQKBManifestationID)12197773(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000576016(PQKBWorkID)10554342(PQKB)10156360(MiAaPQ)EBC827285(DE-B1597)38289(OCoLC)979636308(DE-B1597)9783110225655(Au-PeEL)EBL827285(CaPaEBR)ebr10521734(CaONFJC)MIL339884(PPN)175551839(EXLCZ)99267000000013872120110729d2012 uy 0engur||#||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierManuscripts and travellers[electronic resource] the Sino-Tibetan documents of a tenth-century Buddhist pilgrim /by Sam van Schaik, Imre GalambosBoston De Gruyter20121 online resourceStudies in manuscript cultures ;23-11-022564-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction -- Part I. Cultural contexts and historical connections -- The Dunhuang manuscripts -- Buddhist pilgrimage to the West in the tenth century -- Tibetans of the borderlands -- Part II. The manuscript -- The structure of the manuscript -- From the Gantong Monastery -- The Baoenjing -- The Tibetan tantric texts -- The letters of passage -- Conclusions.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. Studies in manuscript cultures ;2.Buddhist pilgrims and pilgrimagesChinaBuddhist pilgrims and pilgrimagesTibet RegionChina.Manuscripts.Tibet.Buddhist pilgrims and pilgrimagesBuddhist pilgrims and pilgrimages294.3/43510951509021BE 8151SEPArvkVan Schaik Sam693739Daozhao10th cent.1571365Galambos Imre697324MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910789887303321Manuscripts and travellers3845751UNINA