新史料與新問題：學術史的國際競賽——從戴密微《吐蕃僧諍記》說起=New Historical Materials and New Questions: International Competition in Academic History, a Topic from Paul Demiéville‘s Le concile de Lhasa
This paper combs the academic history of the Buddhist debate at the Temple of Bsam Yas in the eighth century. It points out how this very important event in the history of Tibet was gradually revealed, accumulated and advanced in literature and history. It pays special attention to the two questions: why the French scholar Paul Demiéville was able to grasp key historical materials, form a problem awareness, and work out a masterpiece Le concile de Lhasa? Why could Japanese scholars carry on to discover new issues and new historical materials and make key advancement? In particular, how did this issue in turn trigger Japanese scholars to re-understand the traditional saying of Chinese Zen Buddhism’s “Gradual enlightenment in the south, sudden enlightenment in the north”? Through a series of discussions on academic history, this article would like to point out that even in historical research, there has been international competition. Chinese scholars must strive to “ pre-empt” the “ flow” of international academics as Chen Yinke said
