Author Affiliations: University of London, UK. Funded by: European Research Council (ERC)
關鍵詞
Tibetan history; paleography; codicology
摘要
Bringing Buddhism to Tibet is a landmark study of the Dba’ bzhed, a text recounting the introduction of Buddhism to Tibet. The narrative of Buddhism’s arrival in Tibet is known from a number of versions, but the Dba’ bzhed—preserved in a single manuscript—is the oldest complete copy. Although the Dba’ bzhed stands at the head of a long tradition of history writing in the Tibetan language, and has been known for more than two decades, this book provides a full transcription of the Tibetan for the first time, together with a new translation.
The book also introduces Tibetan history and the Dba’ bzhed with several introductory chapters on various aspects of the text by experienced scholars in the field of Tibetan philology. These detailed studies provide analysis of the text’s narrative context, its position within traditional and current historiography, and the organisation and structure of the text itself and its antecedents.
Bringing Buddhism to Tibet is essential reading for anyone interested in Tibetan history and kingship, the nature of Tibetan historical narrative or the traditions of text transmission and codicology. The book will also be of general interest to students of Buddhism and the spread of Buddhism across Asia.
Full text of the Dba'bzhed, a key work for the early history of Buddhism in Tibet
Tibetan text and English translation in facing layout for the first time
Expert analysis and contextualization of the Dba'bzhed and its manuscript traditions
目次
Preface V In Memoriam: Tsering Dhundup Gonkatsang (1951–2018) XI Abbreviations XV Transliteration XVII Figures and Tables XIX
Part One Chapter 1 The Testimony of Ba: Literature and Exemplars 3
Chapter 2 An Archaeology of the Dba’ bzhed Manuscript 24
Chapter 3 Reflections on the Original Form and Function of the Testimony of Ba From Dunhuang 55
Chapter 4 Archaisms and the Transmission of the Dba’ bzhed 64
Chapter 5 Narrative Sources of the Great Debate 75
Chapter 6 History, Identity and Religious Dynamics in the Portrayal of Khri Srong lde btsan 88
Part Two Text and Translation 102 Tibetan-Language Sources 158 Non-Tibetan Language Literature 162 Index to the Dba’ bzhed Manuscript 167 Subject Index 173
